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Feeling poorly: a complete assessment and training pack to help people with learning disabilities communicate effectively about symptoms of illness and pain
- Authors:
- DODD Karen, GATHARD Jo
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 85p., looseleaf, booklet
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This comprehensive full-colour training resource is designed to enable people with learning disabilities to develop the skills to communicate effectively about pain. Feeling Poorly includes client assessment and evaluation tools, in addition to guideline materials for taught sessions which will help staff to ascertain existing knowledge and understanding prior to facilitating the group. The materials also include photocopiable masters of the evaluation sheets, OHP masters and lotto cards.
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- Authors:
- GIBSON Lynn, MATTHEWS Dorothy, REGNARD Claud
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(8), October 2010, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article examines the identification of distress in people with learning disabilities who have trouble communicating. Correct identification of distress among this group will lead to enhanced diagnosis, better symptom control, and ultimately much improved health care. Undetected symptoms in people with learning disabilities are often due to lack of communication. This article argues that meaningful communication depends on the ability of people to recognise and translate the many different cues available and not just those verbally expressed. Observation by key people in the lives of people with learning disability, particularly carers, can be crucial to identify and treat the symptoms of distress. The article describes the Disability Distress Assessment Tool (DisDAT), an observational tool developed to document content and distressed states. DisDAT can be completed with the involvement of friends and family, and ensures that the carers’ knowledge and contribution is accepted in any discussions on what is wrong with the patient.
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.