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Passport to health
- Authors:
- BLAIR Jim, GLAYSHER Kirsty, COOPER Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(1), January 2010, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
To help improve the hospital experience and the standard for care for people with learning disabilities and their families, St Georges Hospital in south west London has been running a new passport scheme. The passport contains important information about the person, such as their health and health difficulties, likes and dislikes, and any medication that they may be on. It is divided into 3 sections: things that must be known; things that are important; and likes and dislikes. The information provides a good overview of the whole individual and not just their ill health, and enables the staff to understand them as people and thus provide better care. Passports have been widely distributed to people with learning disabilities, and are filled out by the person or their supporters before admission. Following the success of the scheme with people with learning disabilities, it has also been rolled out to people with dementia care needs, mental health problems, people who have experienced strokes, and younger people.
A health toolkit for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HUNT C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 21.03.06, 2006, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
People with learning disabilities are likely to have greater health needs than the majority of the population but are less likely to access health services and receive treatment. This article reports on a local initiative to develop a toolkit that people with learning disabilities can use to help them address their health needs though a simple health check and a health action plan.
The learning disability health self-assessment: three years on
- Authors:
- SOCHOCKA Jackie, ANDERTON Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16(2), April 2011, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the learning disability self-assessment and its development. It was designed to create an environment where people from partnership boards and other interested groups could work systematically alongside health and social care professionals to improve the health of people with learning disabilities in their community. The process has now been used in all 10 English regions, making it possible to identify innovative good practice, and also system and service deficits having an impact on the health of people with a learning disability. This article particularly looks at the progress made in Yorkshire and the Humber over the past 4 years to identify system and service deficits at year 1 and to determine the main factor in tackling these deficits to achieve service improvements by year 3. It concludes that self-assessment has strengthened commissioning and offered a foundation and rationale for service development. It has led to better local and regional governance, accountability and systematic reporting, and has been a catalyst for greater and more meaningful involvement and inclusion in the health economy of people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Using person centred thinking in continuing care
- Author:
- HELEN SANDERSON ASSOCIATES
- Publisher:
- Helen Sanderson Associates
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockport
This case study describes how person centred thinking tools are being used in Wiltshire Primary Care Trust to help managed the health care of people with learning disabilities in a more person-centred way. The tools used include one page profiles, decision making agreements, learning logs, communications charts and risk assessments.
A gem of a service
- Author:
- McMILLAN Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(2), April 2009, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author describes The Pearl Service at the West London Centre for Sexual Health which is providing sexual health services for people with learning disabilities.
Setting up a learning disability liaison team in acute care
- Author:
- GARVEY Frank
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 15.7.08, 2008, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The article describes the setting up of a learning disability acute liaison team to improve the quality of care provided for people with learning disabilities in general hospitals in Hertfordshire. It outlines the issues around care for adults with learning disabilities and describes how the new role of health facilitation nurse was implemented.
Learning disability mortality review (LeDeR): action from learning report 2020/21
- Author:
- NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 60
- Place of publication:
- Redditch
The fifth annual University of Bristol LeDeR report considers reviews of deaths notified to LeDeR in the calendar years 2018 to 2020, summarises what is working well and makes recommendations to address inequalities and prevent premature mortality among people with a learning disability. This action from learning report highlights some of the many activities and measures health and social care services have put in place since our last report in July 2020, both locally and nationally. It also updates the commitments that we made in both that report and the COVID-19 action from learning report, published in November 2020. The report covers: COVID-19, including Covid vaccination programme and adapting in lockdown; management of medical conditions – respiratory conditions, seasonal flu vaccination, cardiac care, identifying deterioration/sepsis, diabetes, constipation, cancer, epilepsy; and changing how we work – Do Not Attempt Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, end of life care, reasonable adjustments, annual health checks (AHCS), STOMP-STAMP (medication), inequalities for people from minority ethnic communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Tech support
- Author:
- HOARE Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 15(4), July/August 2015, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Better Outcomes for People with Learning Disabilities Using Technology (BOLD) project was set up to explore whether better use of technology can improve health outcomes for people with learning disabilities. The project builds on an initiative at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC), who have been successfully using specialist video conferencing to support clients with learning disabilities in the community. This article outlines the experiences of Sandwell using the technology and describes the following two phases of the BOLD project. The project involves an evaluation phase to examine outcomes and test the feasibility of the approach, the development of a protype service, and consideration of change management can be used to facilitate the redevelopment of services and enable new models of care. (Edited publisher abstract)
All Wales Care Bundle
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 110, Spring 2014, pp.3-5.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The All Wales Care Bundle for improving hospital care for people with learning disabilities was launched in January 2014. It sets out key steps at various stages of a patient's stay which if carried out consistently for all patients will reduce vulnerability of their stay in hospital. The author provides an overview. (Original abstract)
Successes and Challenges in the Implementation of Care pathways in an intellectual disability service: health professionals' experiences
- Authors:
- WOOD Susan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 2014, pp.1-7.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Healthcare pathways are a relatively new approach to delivering care in intellectual disability services. The authors endeavored to ascertain and explore successes and challenges in the implementation of care pathways in a National Health Service adult intellectual disability service in Leicestershire, UK. Data were obtained from a variety of sources including observations of multidisciplinary team meetings, issue logs, and feedback from health professionals. Constant comparative analysis identified 10 themes: communication between health professionals; clarity and dissemination of relevant documentation; multidisciplinary working; role of health professionals; role of administrative staff; locality differences; information technology systems; care pathway procedures; attitudes toward care pathways; and impact on clients. It was found that a new implementation of care pathways approach to service delivery in the healthcare setting can be challenging for health professionals. Some of the challenges were generic to service change and could be addressed through careful and organized preplanning of the implementation process. Others, such as organizational culture and attitudes within the organization, were contextual and may be unique to each service and warrant significant advance consideration when attempting implementation. (Publisher abstract)