Two nurses plan to share their home with someone with severe learning disabilities. Some critics say they're doing it for the money. This article looks at the problems.
Two nurses plan to share their home with someone with severe learning disabilities. Some critics say they're doing it for the money. This article looks at the problems.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, nurses, payments, placement, adults, community care;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(7), March 2000, pp.229-232.
Publisher:
Pavilion
People with learning disabilities have traditionally been the passive subjects of other people's research. This article describes how participatory research provides a model for nurses to work with people with learning disabilities as equal partners in the research enterprise, and issues of which they must be aware if they are not to perpetuate disabling relationships with their co-researchers.
People with learning disabilities have traditionally been the passive subjects of other people's research. This article describes how participatory research provides a model for nurses to work with people with learning disabilities as equal partners in the research enterprise, and issues of which they must be aware if they are not to perpetuate disabling relationships with their co-researchers.
Subject terms:
joint working, learning disabilities, nurses, participatory research, research methods, user participation;
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 28(4), December 2000, pp.154-156.
Publisher:
Wiley
Learning disability nursing staff have an important role in the assessment and management of dual diagnosis patients. The present study assesses the level of psychiatric knowledge and interest of nursing staff in core psychiatric topics. Nursing staff were invited to attend a series of tutorials, and their knowledge of psychiatric topics was tested via a set of multiple-choice questions before and after the tutorials. The reasons for the low attendance rate and knowledge are discussed. Ensuring attendance is vital because the tutorials were found to be effective in improving knowledge.
Learning disability nursing staff have an important role in the assessment and management of dual diagnosis patients. The present study assesses the level of psychiatric knowledge and interest of nursing staff in core psychiatric topics. Nursing staff were invited to attend a series of tutorials, and their knowledge of psychiatric topics was tested via a set of multiple-choice questions before and after the tutorials. The reasons for the low attendance rate and knowledge are discussed. Ensuring attendance is vital because the tutorials were found to be effective in improving knowledge.
When a group of nursing students from the University of Hull ventured north of the border to look at some of Scotland's learning disability institutes, they discovered a mix of innovation and commitment.
When a group of nursing students from the University of Hull ventured north of the border to look at some of Scotland's learning disability institutes, they discovered a mix of innovation and commitment.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, nurses, nursing, residential care, social work methods, students, training, community care, field work;
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 28(2), June 2000, pp.78-81.
Publisher:
Wiley
Discusses the history of learning disability nursing in the context of its development within the nursing profession and its relationship with people with learning disabilities. Although the present author recognises the profound differences between the history of people with learning disabilities and those paid to care for them, he seeks to establish some common ground on the basis of parallel stigma.
Discusses the history of learning disability nursing in the context of its development within the nursing profession and its relationship with people with learning disabilities. Although the present author recognises the profound differences between the history of people with learning disabilities and those paid to care for them, he seeks to establish some common ground on the basis of parallel stigma.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, learning disability nursing, nurses, nursing, social work history, stereotyped attitudes, stigma, attitudes, discrimination;
Contains information for the financial years 1997/98 and 1998/99 on independent sector nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Contains information for the financial years 1997/98 and 1998/99 on independent sector nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Subject terms:
hospitals, learning disabilities, mental health problems, nurses, nursing homes, older people, physical disabilities, private sector, private health care, registration, statistical methods, community care, health care;
Collection of papers exploring current challenges facing practitioners across a broad spectrum of the caring professions. Includes chapters on: reshaping welfare; the public administration model of welfare delivery; community care in the 1990s; changes in maternity policy; human behaviour and social policy; theory and practice in health and social care; applying reflective practice; reflection and reflective practice; requirements of a caregiver; social work values; anti oppressive theory and practice in social work; working with diversity; keys to collaboration; collaboration and conflict within the treatment team; using psychotherapeutic concepts to understand team conflict; the missing link in quality assurance for disabled people; developing the role of user involvement in the UK; the role of women support staff in relation to men with learning difficulties who have difficult sexual behaviour; care costs; confidentiality, accountability and the boundaries of client worker relationships; obstacles to medical audit; the accreditation experience; the resettlement of people with severe learning difficulties; the creative work of care package purchasing; voluntary sector boards in a changing public policy environment; professional practice in social work and health care; a new social basis for welfare; and user voice, interprofessionalism and postmodernity.
Collection of papers exploring current challenges facing practitioners across a broad spectrum of the caring professions. Includes chapters on: reshaping welfare; the public administration model of welfare delivery; community care in the 1990s; changes in maternity policy; human behaviour and social policy; theory and practice in health and social care; applying reflective practice; reflection and reflective practice; requirements of a caregiver; social work values; anti oppressive theory and practice in social work; working with diversity; keys to collaboration; collaboration and conflict within the treatment team; using psychotherapeutic concepts to understand team conflict; the missing link in quality assurance for disabled people; developing the role of user involvement in the UK; the role of women support staff in relation to men with learning difficulties who have difficult sexual behaviour; care costs; confidentiality, accountability and the boundaries of client worker relationships; obstacles to medical audit; the accreditation experience; the resettlement of people with severe learning difficulties; the creative work of care package purchasing; voluntary sector boards in a changing public policy environment; professional practice in social work and health care; a new social basis for welfare; and user voice, interprofessionalism and postmodernity.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, joint working, interprofessional relations, learning disabilities, mixed economy of care, NHS, nurses, multidisciplinary services, physical disabilities, prevention, quality assurance, reflective practice, severe learning disabilities, social policy, social services, social welfare, social care, social care provision, social work methods, social work theories, staff-user relationships, teamwork, voluntary sector, accountability, anti-discriminatory practice, anti-oppressive practice, black and minority ethnic people, community care, ethics, health care;