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Groundwork: building the foundations for change
- Authors:
- HORSFALL Linda, CROWHURST Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(2), October 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The experiential learning perspective is the groundwork on which better services can be built.
Let them speak
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.8.00, 2000, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The quality of life of people with learning difficulties could be improved by extending their right to make choices, says a recent report. This article reports on some projects in which workers use new skills to help clients communicate.
Supporting people with learning disabilities in health and social care
- Author:
- BROUSSINE Eric
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 232p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This text book aims to provide students and professionals working with people with learning disabilities in primary, secondary and specialist healthcare settings, with the knowledge and skills they need for effective practice. The chapters, which are each written by leading academics and practitioners in their field, examine core issues. A multi-professional, case-study approach consolidates the theory and this practical approach is reinforced by the inclusion of service-user and practitioner 'voices'. Reflective exercises and opportunities for self-audit of learning are included throughout. Chapters include: the history and context of learning disability, families' perspectives; enabling people with learning disabilities to be valued citizens; empowered and/or vulnerable?; living with a learning disability; enabling families; building positive relationships with people with learning disabilities; promoting effective communication; health and well-being; meeting specific health needs of people with learning disabilities; meeting the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities; people with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system; professional practice and people with learning disabilities; and improving practice.
First steps to your health and social care learning disability qualifications
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION FOR REAL CHANGE
- Publisher:
- Association for Real Change
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- loose leaf
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
A loose leaf training pack covering all of the learning outcomes in the eight Refreshed Common Induction Standards and three Qualification Credit Framework (QCF) units. The pack has sections covering: The role of the health and social care worker; Personal development; Communicating effectively; Equality and Inclusion; Duty of care in health, social care or children's and young people's settings; Principles of safeguarding in health and social care; Person-centred support; Health and safety in an adult social care setting. Exercises are included throughout. It also includes a QCF candidate registration form for the QCF units and assignments to complete and questions for a manager to ask a staff member once they have completed the training
Meeting in the middle: improving communication in primary health care consultations with people with an intellectual disability
- Authors:
- ZIVIANI Jenny, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 29(3), September 2004, pp.211-225.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The increased presence and participation in Australian society of people with an intellectual disability provides challenges for the provision of primary health care. General practitioners (GPs) identify themselves as ill equipped to provide for this heterogeneous population. A major obstacle to the provision of appropriate health care is seen as inadequate communication between the GP and the person with an intellectual disability, who may or may not be accompanied by a carer or advocate. This qualitative study in which five GPs, three people with intellectual disability, seven carers and two advocates (parent and friend) were interviewed was conducted in Brisbane, Australia. The aim was to better understand the factors that have an impact upon the success of communication in a medical consultation. Findings suggested that GPs were concerned with the aspects of communication difficulties which influenced their ability to adequately diagnose, manage and inform patients. Implications for practice management were also identified. People with intellectual disability reported frustration when they felt that they could not communicate adequately with the GP and annoyance when they were not included in the communication exchange. Carers were strong advocates for the person with intellectual disability, but indicated insufficient skill and knowledge to provide the level of assistance required in the consultation. The outcome was a model of cooperation that outlined the responsibilities of all players in the medical encounter, prior to, during and after the event.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MAUDSLAY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.9.03, 2003, p.50.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Briefly reports on a three year research project to investigate the under-representation of young south Asian people with learning difficulties in post-school education and training. The Aasha project, run by the charity Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, found that services are often not culturally sensitive to the needs of these young people. Highlights how services can better meet this group's needs.
Sodium-valproate-induced pancreatitis in a man with profound intellectual disability: the significance of diagnostic difficulties
- Authors:
- HINDER Steve A.J., PERRY David W.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(4), 2000, pp.292-297.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Pancreatitis is a common but under-reported complication of treatment with sodium valproate, a drug frequently prescribed for people with intellectual disabilities. The present authors report a case of valproate-induced pancreatitis in a man with profound intellectual disability and review the relevant literature. The wider implications of problems experienced with diagnosis are discussed, emphasizing difficulties in recognizing pain and physical illness in this client group.
Some issues in caring for people with the dual disability of Down's Syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia
- Author:
- McCARRON M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.123-129.
Virtually all individuals with Down's syndrome over the age of 35 years have neuropathological changes characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. It has become increasingly recognised the people with Down's syndrome and dementia have every special needs, and those who care for them require specialist knowledge and skills. This paper aims to explore some of important issues in caring for persons with this dual disability. In an attempt to help staff respond to the opportunities and challenges they encounter, issues discussed include: promoting well-being, developing a shared vision on which to build practice, mealtimes - a therapeutic event, reality orientation and validation therapy, communication, activity and entertainment.
M.A.P.: more access please; the right track
- Authors:
- ORPWOOD Jenny, DAVIS Clare
- Publisher:
- Change
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- London
Information pack written for people with learning difficulties and those who work with them. Includes sections on: general information (including the Disability Discrimination Act, training, advocacy, communication, independent living, travel and transport, benefits, and making meetings accessible); deaf issues (including deaf culture, hearing difficulties, hearing tests, hearing aids, talking to deaf people; sympathetic hearing scheme; loop systems, alarms, communication, sign language interpreters, relay interpreters, using telephones, hearing dogs for deaf people, and subtitles); blind issues (including sight tests, tips when meeting a blind person, communication, reading, writing and listening, environment, white canes, and guide dogs); and information about deaf blind issues.
Together we can talk
- Author:
- DOBSON Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.10.95, 1995, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how day centre staff in Huddersfield learned communication skills in order to work with users.