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Paid and unpaid carers: their role in and satisfaction with primary health care for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- LANGAN Joan, WHITFIELD Michael, RUSSELL Oliver
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(6), November 1994, pp.357-365.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
To a large extent the health care needs of people with learning disabilities living in the community have been neglected by policy makers, purchasers and providers. One result is that the role of carers, paid and unpaid, in monitoring and promoting health has been ignored. Reports on interviews with carers and is drawn from a study which examined the delivery of primary health care to people with learning disabilities. Results indicated that insufficient attention is paid to the needs of people with learning disabilities in respect of health promotion, health screening and regular hearing and sight tests.
A practice and policy agenda for HIV and learning difficulties
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(4), December 1994, pp.134-139.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews how issues around HIV and learning difficulties come together to present a challenge for health promotion/HIV prevention and services for people with learning difficulties. The review also identifies key practice issues which services for people with learning difficulties need to address in relation to HIV and offers a model for developing policy and resources for carrying forward work in this area.
Primary health care provision for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- RODGERS Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(1), January 1994, pp.11-17.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The health care needs of people with learning difficulties living in the community are in danger of being ignored. Discussion of such needs is inhibited by a fear of 'remedicalization', that is, returning to a domination of a medical model of health in the lives of people with learning difficulties. In a new synthesis of the literature, this paper reviews evidence that health care needs are not being met. It considers the potential for a more effective Primary Health Care (PHC) service through better interprofessional collaboration between Primary Health Care Teams (PHCTs) and Community Learning Difficulty Teams (CLDTs). The meaning of collaboration, in theory and practice is explored, and the reasons it can be difficult to achieve are discussed. Finally, ways in which improvements in PHC for people with learning difficulties can be attained are suggested.