Clinical
Good practice in helping clients cope with terminal illness
The Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities reviewed the deaths over a two-year period of all people with learning disabilities living in five primary care trusts. It aimed to identify good practice in the care of people with learning disabilities, and to contribute to learning and recommendations about what might have been done differently. This article presents a case study about end-of-life planning and palliative care. It discusses how a multidisciplinary team collaborated to support an individual with a terminal condition. Examples are given of the good practice recognised by the confidential inquiry investigation and learning points arising from the case are highlighted.
