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Intellectual disability nursing – responding to health inequity
- Author:
- SHEERIN Fintan K.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(4), December 2012, pp.266-271.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
People with learning disabilities often have poorer health outcomes than the general population. It is recognised that improvements in health outcomes for people with learning disabilities is central to the role of learning disability nurses. This article argues that the continued enactment of the current role of learning disability nurses will fail to achieve improved outcomes and will prolong the marginalisation of people with learning disabilities. In identifying the basis of such outcomes to be social inequity, it proposes that nursing must act in two orientations: health-oriented service provision and social activism. It is argued that only when such an approach is adopted will there be a real opportunity for people with learning disabilities to achieve optimal health outcomes.
A helping hand
- Author:
- PENFOLD Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, December 2012, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Inequalities in the standard of healthcare for people with learning disabilities (LD) has been an issue in hospitals for some time, but hospitals in West Sussex are addressing this with recent developments. For example, a computer-based tracking system enables patients with LD to receive specialist support based on their care needs – when a person with LD arrives at the hospital, they are immediately flagged on the system to alert a team of specialist nurses. Additionally, a six page ‘passport’ provides essential information about the person with LD, usually completed by the patient’s carer, and advises hospital staff on all matters regarding the persons health.
Bridging the gap
- Author:
- CASTLES Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, December 2012, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Since learning disability liaison nurse posts where first created 10 years ago, there has been little research to evaluate their effectiveness. This article presents findings from an evaluation of 36 stakeholders in the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. The study explored whether the liaison nursing services was improving the acute hospital experience of people with learning disabilities and their carers. Findings revealed that those who used the service understood the role of the liaison nurse, and felt it was a necessity in an acute hospital. All involved, including hospital staff felt that the liaison nurses had improved hospital services for people with learning disabilities and their carers, as well as improving the working experiences of hospital staff.
Helping people assert their rights
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.05.05, 2005, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses the role of learning disability nurses and how they can empower clients and help them to access the services they need.
Services for young people and adolescents: supplementary report to the national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of the material produced by the Healthcare Commission to support the findings from the national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England, this report provides details on the findings relating specifically to services for young people and adolescents. It is intended to be read alongside the full report of the audit, 'A Life Like No Other'. The exercise identified eight specialist inpatient healthcare services for adolescents across England, and as part of the audit six of these were visited. This report sets out the findings in the following areas: number and type of services; peer review visits; my needs; my choices; my day; my rights; me, and others; my wellbeing; staff; monitoring services; commissioning issues. Conclusions and recommendations are then summarised. It concludes that, from the evidence in the audit, young people in specialist services for adolescents are generally safe and protected from abuse, have their health needs met overall, and are well supported by staff, who receive the mandatory training they need to help young people. It discusses the findings and issues raised, and describes proposed next steps.
Across the great divide
- Author:
- AGEW Thelma
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.11.95, 1995, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The gulf between health care and social services has been identified as a major obstacle to community care. This article describes how Riverside Mental Health Trust has overcome it.
From poor law to welfare state: a history of social welfare in America
- Author:
- TRATTNER Walter I
- Publisher:
- Free Press
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 339p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Let down by the NHS
- Author:
- SAMUEL Mithran
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.6.10, 2010, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A new Mencap survey confirms that people with learning disabilities receive worse care than others. Two short case studies are presented. The first case study describes how the appointment of a consultant learning disability nurse and the use of a health passport at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust was able to improve care. The second case study describes how a learning disability liaison nurse was able to help in the care of one patient with severe learning difficulties.
Better preadmission assessment improves learning disability care
- Author:
- HANNON Lyn
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 22.6.04, 2004, pp.44-47.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This qualitative study explores the experience of hospital admission from the perspective of four different stakeholders: people with a learning disability, their family/carers, hospital staff, and community learning disability nurses. It introduces and evaluates a new preadmission assessment, identifies key factors that influence the process of health care, and compares the results of this study with the current evidence base. The study uses process evaluation with multiple stakeholder analysis using semi-structured interviews for data collection. A focus group was used in preparation for the study. Results found stakeholders were generally positive about their experiences, and the preadmission assessment was well received.
Dimensions of learning disability
- Editors:
- GATES Bob, PEACOCK Colin
- Publisher:
- Bailliere Tindall
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 394p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on the health aspects of services for people with learning difficulties, and on the role nurses have to play within this. Contains sections on: the nature of learning disability; health and learning disability; educational dimensions; biological dimensions; psychosocial dimensions; cultural and spiritual aspects; political and economic dimensions; national and international issues; and contemporary and new horizons in learning disability research.