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A healthier future
- Authors:
- WHITE David, MORRIS Peter, FLUET Christian
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.8.96, 1996, pp.59-60.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at how South Bedfordshire Community Healthcare NHS Trust is helping to deliver more sensitive services to people with learning disabilities and their carers.
Commentary on “Does he have sugar in his tea?”
- Authors:
- HESLOP Pauline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 17(2), 2012, pp.64-68.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper provides a commentary on the previous paper by Ruth Bell in this journal issue. Bell’s paper concluded that a hospital passport system can play a key role in supporting the effective care of people with learning disabilities. This commentary outlines some ‘reasonable adjustments’ for people with learning disabilities in primary and secondary care. It then discusses 3 issues. The first is whether there is a specific need for a hospital passport or whether some other comprehensive and multipurpose document would be more effective. Second, it discusses the need to connect individuals, primary care, and secondary care so that people with learning disabilities attending an Annual Health Check or entering secondary health care already have an up-to-date comprehensive document which they bring with them. The third is the need for hospital staff to be requesting and using such documents. The article concludes that personal health files that include hospital passport-type documents could make a difference and provide a better link between individuals and primary and secondary healthcare services.
An evaluation of the implementation of hand held health records with adults with learning disabilities: a cluster randomized controlled trial
- Authors:
- TURK Vicky, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 23(2), March 2010, pp.100-111.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Adults with learning disabilities (AWLD) have high health needs, yet have little involvement with their health care. This research assessed the impact of implementing a hand held health record, called the Personal Health profile (PHP), on GP consultations and on the health knowledge of AWLD and/or their carers. Forty GP practices were randomised to the PHP implementation, including a control group. Two hundred and one AWLD were interviewed at baseline and 163 followed up after 12 months intervention. Findings showed that annual consultation rates in the intervention and control groups at baseline were low (2.3 and 2.6 visits respectively), with a slightly greater increase occurring over the year in the intervention group averaging 0.6 visits per year compared with the control group. AWLD in PHP group reported more health problems at follow-up. AWLD liked their PHP (92%) but only 63% AWLD and 55% carers reported PHP usage. In conclusion, the authors found no significant outcomes were achieved by the intervention.