A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
Clinical
People with learning disabilities who are fed enterally often have co
Aim To identify what parents perceive to be good practic
The Research Active Programme (RAP) was designed to enable adults wit
The needs of offenders with learning disabilities or difficulties ent
The prevalence of hearing loss among people with learning disabilitie
This article discusses a collaborative project undertaken by learning
This article describes the assessment, development and review of a ca
Aim The study assessed the confidence levels of register
Over the past 30 years, as the type and number of healthcare services
Earlier this year, the authors, all members of the UK Learning Disabi
This article reports on a self-assessment audit of a clinical nurse s
People with learning disabilities and dysphagia need specialist suppo
Intensive interaction is a way of improving communication with children and adults who have severe or profound learning disabilities and/or autism. Research shows intensive interaction interventions often lead to more or new responses.
This case study describes one aspect of successful person-centred planning by intellectual disability nurses for a 68-year-old man who is preoccupied by ritual and repetition, and who receives specialist care for psoriasis.
In Bradford, the Healthier Lives group, part of Bradford People First, and a local strategic health facilitator have been training professionals to become aware of the difficulties people with learning disabilities face when trying to access healthcare services.
Aim To improve the treatment, care and monitoring of women with learning disabilities who receive oral contraceptive pills and long-term anti-epileptic drugs.
This article describes part of the evaluation of the mindfulness programme, which has been run collaboratively by nurses, psychology staff and patients for more than three years on the women’s wards of a forensic learning disability service.
The author of this article, a nursing student, proposes a model of support for families in which children have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition.
