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Primary health care for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- COOK Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 29.7.98, 1998, pp.54-55.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Health screening and education for people with learning disabilities is often given low priority by service providers. Reports on the impact community nurses can make.
Brief report: changes in admissions to a hospital for people with intellectual disabilities following the development of alternative community services
- Author:
- ALLEN David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(2), 1998, pp.156-165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines admissions to a hospital for people with intellectual disabilities over a 20-year period against the background of changes in community-based social and health care provision. Found the development of community support teams had no significant impact on the rate of overall hospital admissions but was associated with a reduction in long-stay admissions. The introduction of specialist services was associated with reductions in rates of both long-and-short-term admissions. The new infrastructure of community services appeared to reduce the dependency on hospital provision over the study period, although it had not proved possible to completely eradicate new long-stay admissions. Methodological problems with the study are discussed.
Meeting the health needs of people with learning disabilities: a comparative study
- Authors:
- NIGHTINGALE Jim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(2), October 1998, pp.60-62.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
As members of the community, people with learning disabilities are assumed to receive all but specialist treatment from their local primary health care services. There is evidence to suggest this is not happening. In contrast to this view, this article reports on the findings of a unique comparative study which suggests that people with learning disabilities are no more poorly served than their local communities in general.
A battle to join the mainstream
- Author:
- WHITE Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.5.98, 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at new research showing people with learning difficulties are still being marginalised and face problems in obtaining basic and social care services.
Signposting the way forward
- Author:
- THOMAS Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(7), March 1998, p.224.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes how the Department of Health's new guidance on health services for people with learning disabilities marks a new start to the end of institutional care.
The five accomplishments: a framework for obtaining customer feedback in a health service community learning disability team
- Authors:
- MURRAY George C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 26(3), 1998, pp.94-99.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the usefulness of using the philosophy of normalisation and, in particular, O'Brien's 1992 Five Accomplishments as a basis for evaluating client satisfaction with a community-based health service learning disabilities team. It is based on a survey of a group of people with mild learning disabilities, using the Five Accomplishments as a framework for a semi-structured interview. Areas of client satisfaction and dissatisfaction are discussed in the context of the use of a value-based means of obtaining feedback from clients. Limitations of interviewing techniques and specifically those used in this study are reviewed.
Commentary: primary health care and health gain for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(4), October 1998, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Comments on the article by Kerr on pages 6-14. Focuses in more detail on the situation in England following the White Paper, 'The New NHS - Modern and dependable' and the Green Paper, 'Our Healthier Nation.' Also compares the skills available in the UK with those in other parts of Europe, and questions whether new training and qualifications are needed to ensure equity and effectiveness for people with learning difficulties.
All together now
- Author:
- STEELE Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.9.98, 1998, p.6.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a scheme in the North West where social services and the NHS are working in tandem to plan and commission services for people with learning difficulties.
Primary health care provision for people with learning disabilities: a survey of general practitioners
- Author:
- STANLEY R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(1), March 1998, pp.23-30.
The delivery of primary health care to people with learning disabilities living in the community has come under increasing scrutiny. The findings of a postal questionnaire to GPs support difficulties identified elsewhere in the literature: less frequent surgery attendance of people with learning disabilities, people with learning disabilities do not mention their symptoms to carers/GPs, lack of interest/knowledge of GPs, and a difficulty for GPs in reaching a diagnosis. There was a broad acknowledgement of a problem within primary care, but little consensus as to a solution.
Primary health care and health gain for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- KERR Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(4), October 1998, pp.6-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Evidence suggests that the current delivery of primary care to people with a learning disability does not adequately meet their needs. This review examines this evidence, highlights barriers to the effective delivery of health care and assesses these barriers, pilot projects and the few intervention studies published. Concludes that effective response to health needs will need a change in the working patterns of primary, secondary and social care providers. The contracting system and the move to locality-based purchasing may be the ideal catalysts for these changes.