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Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.54-56.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Reports on an accessible digest of up-to-date research which provides information for people working with, or for, people with learning difficulties.
Behavioural misdiagnosis
- Author:
- REEVES Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.5.97, 1997, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses how neurological disorders in people with learning difficulties may be responsible for confusing signals for both clients and health care professionals.
The same but different
- Author:
- TURNBULL John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.8.95, 1995, p.50.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Why do people with learning disabilities often receive inferior health care in the community compared with the rest of the population. Calls for an end to this thoughtless practice.
The incidence and importance of hearing loss in people with severe learning disability: the evolution of a service
- Author:
- YEATES Sybil
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(2), 1995, pp.79-84.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Third and final report on a study of the hearing of people of with severe learning disability in Lewisham and North Southwark. Approximately 50% of the learning disabled population in Lewisham and North Southwark i.e. 500 people, have now been tested and this paper confirms earlier findings and stresses the importance of full audiological examination at key ages. In view of this a service has now been established in order to test the remaining people wherever possible, supervise those already found to have a hearing loss and, most importantly, to train all concerned in caring for the learning disabled who also have a hearing loss.
“Reasonable adjustments” under the UK's Equality Act 2010: an enquiry into the care and treatment to patients with intellectual disabilities in acute hospital settings
- Authors:
- REDLEY Marcus, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(6), 2019, pp.1412-1420.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: To understand the views of qualified medical practitioners regarding “reasonable adjustments” and the quality of the care and treatment provided to adults with intellectual disabilities when admitted to acute hospitals as inpatients. Methods: Semi‐structured interviews took place with 14 medical practitioners, seven from each of two acute hospitals, with a thematic analysis of the resulting data. Results: All 14 medical practitioners reported problems in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with intellectual disabilities. Most participants attributed these difficulties to communication problems and/or behaviours that, in the context of a hospital ward, were non‐conforming. However, a minority reported that, because they were likely to have multiple comorbid health conditions, patients with intellectual disabilities were more complex. In addition, half of all these respondents reported making little use of “reasonable adjustments” introduced to improve the quality of the care received by this group of patients. Conclusions: Medical practitioners should make better use of the “reasonable adjustments” introduced in the UK to address inequities in care and treatment received by patients with intellectual disabilities. However, training should also focus on the biomedical complexities often presented by these men and women. (Publisher abstract)
Dementia and people with intellectual disabilities: guidance on the assessment, diagnosis, interventions and support of people with intellectual disabilities who develop dementia
- Authors:
- BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publisher:
- British Psychological Society
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 146
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Guidance for professionals working in clinical and social care services to help improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities who develop dementia, focusing on assessment, diagnosis, interventions and support. The guidance is aimed at clinicians in intellectual disabilities and older peoples’ mental health services and services for younger people with dementia. It is a revision to the original joint British Psychological Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2009) guidance on dementia and people with intellectual disabilities and has been updated using both the current research literature and the experience of senior clinicians working in the field. The guidance covers the following key topics: epidemiology; baseline assessment and monitoring; possible reasons for apparent decline in functioning; clinical presentation of dementia; assessment; establishing the diagnosis and breaking the news; additional health co-morbidities associated with dementia; conceptual understanding of the dementia process; philosophy of care; environments; meeting changing needs/interventions; medication; safe eating and drinking; palliative care and end of life issues; capable commissioning for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia; capable support; and outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Commentary on “Overcoming challenges in diagnosing and treating cancers in people with intellectual disability: a case analysis”
- Authors:
- FOSTER Julie, MARKS Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 19(2), 2014, pp.59-62.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This commentary reflect on the implications for practice and lessons that can be drawn from the case study presented by Kiani Reza et al. It highlights weaknesses in the way that access to healthcare is currently facilitated for people with learning disabilities. (Publisher abstract)
Seminars in the psychiatry of learning disabilities
- Editors:
- FRASER William, KERR Michael
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 337p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
The field of learning disability has advanced very rapidly, with changes in the climate of caring, diagnostic categories and concepts and our understanding of the diverse causes of learning disability. This edition contains chapters incorporating accounts of the psychological treatment of behavioural problems, consent and capacity, the underlying causes of learning disability and molecular genetics. Existing challenges facing learning disability specialists are also highlighted, including physical health needs, communication between professionals and those with learning disabilities and the organisation of comprehensive health care.
Associations between behaviour disorders and health status among older adults with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON P. W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 7(6), November 2003, pp.424-430.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Few studies have examined the relationship of behaviour and health status among aging persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Behavioural disorders, which often are coincident with functional decline in older persons with I/DD, may be more related to medical morbidity than previously reported. This cross-sectional study examined the association between health status and behaviour disorders with increasing age in a cohort of 60,752 adults with I/DD clustered into four adult-age groupings (21-44, 45-59, 60-74, and >74). Age grouping data suggested an association between morbidity and increased likelihood of behaviour symptoms in all but the oldest age grouping. The magnitude of the association and trend varied by specific disease across age groupings compared to that found in healthy cohorts. About 25% of the adults with I/DD had psychiatric diagnoses and the frequency of such diagnoses did not decrease with age grouping. These results suggest that adverse health status may increase the likelihood of persistent behavioural disturbances in older persons with I/DD. Moreover, behavioural disorders may be sentinels for occult medical morbidity, which in turn may be responsive to intervention.
Primary care for people with an intellectual disability - a group practice survey
- Authors:
- KERR M.P., RICHARDS D., GLOVER Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(4), 1996, pp.347-352.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the process of identification and subsequent examination of the delivery of health care to people with an intellectual disability in a single general practice. The study was undertaken in group practice with a list size of 11,425. Identification through practice and community intellectual disability teams was followed by a note-base assessment of health promotion and consultation rates. Comparison was made with age-sex matched non-disabled controls. Reports on the survey findings.