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Development of a specialised forensic service for women with learning disability: the first three years
- Authors:
- BERBER Elizabeth, BOER Harm
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 6(4), December 2004, pp.10-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In recent years there has been growing interest in the fate of women with mental disorder who come into contact with the criminal justice system. Women-only services have begun to be developed in generic psychiatric settings, spurred on by the national service framework which set a time limit for the development of segregated in-patient facilities. Forensic services for those with learning disability have been slower to take up the challenge of how best to place women with learning disability who offend and require an in-patient secure environment. Describes how one such service attempted to rise to this challenge and build a service for this often neglected group.
Training and developing staff in general hospitals: intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model
- Author:
- WALSH Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(6), 2014, pp.390-398.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the serious problems that people with intellectual disability face in getting their healthcare needs met in general hospitals by improving the training of general hospital staff. Design/methodology/approach: Review of recent developments in models of service provision including the development of intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model in liaison psychiatry. Findings: There is much scope for intellectual disability liaison nurses and liaison psychiatry services to work together in staff training in general hospitals. There is a clear strategic role for both services in convincing the management of general hospitals to implement such training using economic and quality arguments. Originality/value: The authors suggest a new model of working to improve the healthcare outcomes of people with intellectual disabilities through effective training of staff in general hospitals. (Publisher abstract)
The health wheel: a tool for assessing carers' health needs
- Authors:
- DALE Christopher, ELLIOTT David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 17.3.99, 1999, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Community nurses need to monitor the health care needs of carers for people with learning disabilities. Looks at a framework for doing this.
Issues in the management of clients with the dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness
- Author:
- BARLOW C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.159-162.
The dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness represents a significant challenge to health and social care practitioners and their existing practices. Currently this group has its service delivery undermined by inter-agency wrangling over responsibility for management and resource allocation. The key to resolving these problems lies in effective multi-agency collaboration. This paper examines the taxing problems of assessment, planning and intervention in this arena. It will offer examples of good practice from the Area Child Protection Committee model.