title: Facing the future.
abstract: NURSES CARING for older people in acute settings will face challenges as the population ages, the drive to move care to the community continues and pressure to make services more cost effective is heightened by the recession.
authors.affiliation: Quality and Clinical Performance, Bexley Care Trust, Kent.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.affiliation: Older people, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London and consultant editor, Nursing Older People.
authors.forename: Nicky
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayes