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Identifying parents with learning disabilities
- Author:
- MCKENZIE Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 110(22), 2014, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
People with learning disabilities are likely to need additional support when accessing health care and, for those who are parents, receiving support at an early stage may help them to keep their child. Health professionals who have contact with expectant mothers early on in their pregnancies are well placed to identify support needs. Providing timely support may be a challenge, particularly if the mother has not been known to learning disability services.This articles discusses whether screening tools may offer nurses a quick easy way of identifying people with learning disabilities. (Publisher abstract)
Strengthening the commitment: one year on: progress report on the UK Modernising Learning Disabilities Nursing Review
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises the progress made in England during the past year against recommendations set out in ‘Strengthening the Commitment: the report of the UK Modernising Learning Disability Nursing Review (2012)’. The 17 recommendations cover the four broad areas of: strengthening capacity, strengthening capability, strengthening quality, and strengthening the profession. For each recommendation information is provided on key government policies, examples of positive practice, and planned next steps. The report shows how the recommendations have been translated into good practice to achieve better health and wellbeing for people with learning disabilities, and fulfil the commitment made in 'Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital'. (Original abstract)
Identifying the prevalence of aggressive behaviour reported by Registered Intellectual Disability Nurses in residential intellectual disability services: an Irish perspective
- Authors:
- CROTTY Gerard, DOODY Owen, LYONS R.
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(3), 2014, pp.174-187.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Despite the high incidence of aggressive behaviours among some individuals with intellectual disability, Ireland has paid little attention to the prevalence of aggressive behaviours experienced by Registered Intellectual Disability Nurses (RNID). Within services the focus is mainly on intervention and management of such behaviours. Therefore a disparity occurs in that these interventions and management strategies have become the exclusive concern. Resulting in aggressive behaviour being seen as a sole entity, where similar interventions and management strategies are used for ambiguously contrasting aggressive behaviours. Consequently the ability to document and assess-specific behaviour typologies and their prevalence is fundamental not only to understand these behaviour types but also to orient and educate RNIDs in specific behaviour programme development. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: This study reports on a survey of the prevalence of verbal aggression, aggression against property and aggression against others experienced by RNIDs’ within four residential settings across two health service executive regions in Ireland. A purposeful non-random convenience sampling method was employed. Totally, 119 RNIDs responded to the survey which was an adaptation of Crocker et al. (2006) survey instrument Modified Overt Aggression Scale. Findings: The findings of this study showed the experienced prevalence rate of verbal aggression, aggression against property and aggression against others were 64, 48.9 and 50.7 per cent, respectively. Cross-tabulation of specific correlates identifies those with a mild and intellectual disability as displaying a greater prevalence of verbal aggression and aggression against property. While those with a moderate intellectual disability displayed a higher prevalence of aggression against others. Males were reported as more aggressive across all three typologies studied and those aged between 20 and 39 recorded the highest prevalence of aggression across all three typologies. The practice classification areas of challenging behaviour and low support reported the highest prevalence of aggression within all typologies. Originality/value: The health care of the person with intellectual disability and aggressive behaviour presents an enormous challenge for services. In-order to improve considerably the quality of life for clients, services need to take a careful considered pragmatic view of the issues for the person with intellectual disability and aggressive behaviour and develop realistic, proactive and responsive strategies. To do this, precise knowledge of the prevalence of aggressive behaviours needs to be obtained. This study is the first of its kind in the Republic of Ireland. (Publisher abstract)
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)
Unit costs of health and social care 2014
- Author:
- CURTIS Lesley
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 302
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This publication provides unit costs for a wide range of health and social care services using a standardised methodology. The report is organised into five main sections. Section I covers services used by a particular client group, and includes services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs/alcohol, people with learning disabilities, younger adults with physical and sensory impairments, services for children and their families, hospitals, and care packages. Sections II, III and IV deal with the unit costs of professionals in community-based health care, community-based social care, and hospital-based health care. These include social care staff, health and social care teams, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. Section V details the sources of information used. This volume also includes three focused articles which explore: approaches to costing for those involved in planning and implementing integrated care initiatives; understanding the costs of shared lives, and the intervention costs of the reminiscence intervention Remembering Yesterday Caring Today (RYCT) and the Carer Support Programme (CSP). (Edited publisher abstract)