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Helping service users to take control of their health

30 March 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

People with learning disabilities have more health needs than the general population, but their cognitive impairments can inhibit them from recognising ill health,...

Time to Say Goodbye (DVD)

26 October 2016

Learning Disability Practice

App Review

Dealing with loss and bereavement is difficult for most people, but for people with learning disabilities it is often harder as they may not understand the process...

Compelling evidence

01 November 2001

Learning Disability Practice

Practice&research

Epilepsy is a condition that can adversely affect a person’s physical, psychological, social and educational development. It can also have wide-ranging effects on...

A collective voice

10 May 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Opinion

Being a member of a forum has many advantages, says Mary Codling, especially for those working in the community

Epilepsy and Learning Disability

01 March 2005

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

The Greek physician Hipprocates first wrote about epilepsy as long ago as 400BC when he referred to it as the ‘sacred disease’. Since then the understanding of...

user-friendly information: does it convey what it intends?

01 February 2008

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was intended to end the discrimination that many face when using public services. It first introduced the concept of...

evaluating health checks

01 May 2007

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Acknowledging that people with learning disability have poorer health than the rest of the population, the government set out clear principles for improving the...

Sustainability of health promotion for people with learning disabilities

02 February 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To explore whether delivery of a health education programme would enable people with learning disabilities to gain knowledge about health and use it to enhance...

integrated care pathway for people with epilepsy

01 April 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The implementation of clinical governance brought witl it a statutory duty for NHS trusts to ensure the level of clinical services they deliver to patients and...

Developing an end of life care pathway for people with learning disabilities through partnership working

17 March 2022

Learning Disability Practice

Dying well

There is ample evidence of inconsistencies in end of life care service provision for people with learning disabilities. In 2013, in response to the findings of the...

09 October 2024 / Vol 27 issue 5

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