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Learning disability health toolkit
- Author:
- TURNING POINT
- Publisher:
- Turning Point
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 111
- Place of publication:
- Leamington Spa
This toolkit is designed to help making sure that people with learning disabilities are healthy and well, improving the knowledge, skills and confidence of staff in advocating and monitoring the healthcare needs of people with learning difficulties. The toolkit provides essential information around consent and capacity, primary and secondary care and mental health. It describes a number of common medical conditions, including conditions relating to men’s health and women’s health, and explains in detail what to look for, what actions to take and how to monitor effectively. (Edited publisher abstract)
The route to success in end of life care: achieving quality for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
This guide is intended to support practitioners and staff caring for people with learning disabilities to engage with key professionals to ensure that those who may be in the last months of their life receive high quality end-of-life care. The guide may also be useful to those health or social care professionals who irregularly come into contact with people with learning disabilities in clarifying what measures need to be taken to ensure that they can access appropriate care. In particular, the guide aims to develop awareness and understanding of the end-of-life care pathway and how it relates to people who have learning disabilities. The guide follows the 6 steps of the end-of-life care pathway, beginning with initiating discussions as end-of-life approaches and concluding with care after death. Each section outlines the relevant step of the pathway, highlights issues to consider about the individual’s care and the practitioner’s role in that care. Case studies highlighting best practice are also included. Sometimes the person’s current living situation will not be suitable to provide end of life care; the guide seeks to support these situations by addressing how to signpost to more appropriate resources.
Clinical guidelines and integrated care pathways for the oral health care of people with learning disabilities 2001
- Authors:
- THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. Faculty of Dental Surgery, et al
- Publisher:
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Faculty of Dental Surgery
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evidence confirms that people with learning disabilities’ uptake of screening services is lower and that they have poor oral health when compared to the general population. Good oral health is linked to good general health and a number of systemic diseases have oral manifestations. Improvements in oral health care can be obtained by encouraging carers to regularly examine the mouth of the person they are caring for. Completing an oral assessment will help to identify any changes in the mouth. This can aid diagnosis and treatment if reported to the dentist at an early stage. vThe guidelines are based on published evidence and follow the format of other clinical guidelines developed by the Faculty of Dental Surgery The Royal College of Surgeons of England and those from the British Society of Disability and Oral Health. Information was gathered from consultation groups of people with mild to moderate learning disabilities. Postal questionnaires were also used.
Co-production in pathway/ service evaluation and redesign
- Author:
- COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource aims to give anyone involved in the commissioning or recommissioning of pathways or services a broad understanding of what this process should look like with family perspectives at the centre. The approach to pathway service redesign and evaluation in the guide follows the three stage commissioning cycle: developing the vision; guide and drive change; and develop an accountability framework. For each stage, the guide suggests key questions to answer and includes a practice example. The guide also suggests that while true co-productions at all levels is not always possible, the principles and spirit of co-production should run throughout commissioning decisions. The practice examples include: Derbyshire and Derby City's Neuro-Development Pathway; and Somerset's Next Steps referral process. (Edited publisher abstract)
Intellectual disability and dementia: research into practice
- Author:
- WATCHMAN Karen
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 336
- Place of publication:
- London
Presenting up-to-date information about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes the relevance and implications for support and services. Experts from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands discuss good practice and the way forward in relation to assessment, diagnosis, interventions, staff knowledge and training, care pathways, service design, measuring outcomes and the experiences of individuals, families and carers. The breadth of information offered is meant to inform support and services throughout the whole course of dementia, from diagnosis to end of life. Particular emphasis is placed on how intellectual disability and dementia services can work collaboratively to offer more effective, joined up support. (Edited publisher abstract)