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Health and safety in a learning disability service
- Authors:
- JOHNSON David, HARDIE Elaine
- Publisher:
- Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Includes chapters on: health and safety responsibilities in a learning disability service; safe moving and positioning; responding to accidents and sudden illness; medication and health-care tasks; reducing the spread of infection; promoting fire safety; security in the workplace.
Brief guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005: implications for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HARDIE Elaine, BROOKS Liz
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 43
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This guide is for those who work with people who have a learning disability and will also be of use to parents and carers, friends and advocates. It aims to: explain the key points of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; explain what some of the choices and decisions might be; help carers support someone with a learning disability to plan ahead and talk about their future. Case studies are used to demonstrate key points of the act and how it might be applied in real life situations. (Edited publisher abstract)