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‘what’ and ‘how’: understanding professional involvement in person centred planning styles and approaches

01 May 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Beginning with case studies about planning, we describe the planning styles that are used and the contributions that professionals made to them. The dimensions of...

Understanding of the Care Act 2014 among carers of adults with learning disabilities

26 May 2017

Learning Disability Practice

Evidence & practice

Aims The Care Act 2014 gives carers the right to an assessment of their needs and provides a structure for a more personalised approach to care and support. This...

using person centred planning and approaches with children and their families

01 December 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

‘I thought I knew my son so well until we started planning with John. This changed our whole way of thinking about what John was capable of doing now and in his...

self advocates leading person centred planning

01 February 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Person centred planning is currently one of the most frequently heard phrases. Services are striving to be person centred and many people are talking about a person...

A collaborative approach to managing sleep problems

28 September 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The authors present an overview of a collaborative approach to managing sleep problems in children and young people with learning disabilities and challenging...

Evaluating a group for young people who have a sibling with a disability

15 May 2018

Learning Disability Practice

Service evaluation

Siblings of children who have a disability frequently take on care, responsibility and advocacy roles, often into adulthood. Support groups, workshops and training...

The value of complementary therapies for carers witnessing patients’ medical procedures

06 November 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

The aim of this service evaluation was to assess the value of carers receiving complementary therapies to manage anxiety and stress related to witnessing their loved...

Mapping the social support networks of patients

01 June 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

CPD

The aim of this article is to provide you with a briefing on how to construct a social support network map with cancer sufferers. Cancer poses unique problems for...

Assessing the value of offering art activities to patients and carers

06 May 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

A&S Science

Aim The aim of this study was to determine if patients who had undergone treatment and their carers perceived benefits from taking part in an art project facilitated...

Findings from the National Mesothelioma Experience Survey

07 April 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

This article reports on the results of the National Mesothelioma Experience Survey, which provided people with mesothelioma, and their families and carers, with an...