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Improving communication for people with learning disabilities

11 April 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone

Patients with learning disabilities have higher healthcare risks than the general population. Health professionals need to develop skills that enable them to...

Peer accreditation of a development unit

05 April 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical learning disabilities

The pioneering work of Alan Pearson (1) more than ten years ago led to the first nursing development unit (NDU) in Burford Community Hospital, Oxford. Since then,...

Improving communication for people with learning disabilities

05 April 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

Patients with learning disabilities have higher healthcare risks than the general population. Health professionals need to develop skills that enable them to...

Hospital placements: out of borough and out of step?

09 June 2010

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

A sample of people with complex learning disabilities had their specialist hospital placements reviewed by the authors. In this article they describe the inpatients’...

Older people with learning disabilities Part 2: accessing care and the implications for nursing practice

01 March 2005

Nursing Older People

CPD

In the second of two articles, Robert Jenkins concludes his discussion of nursing care for older people with learning disabilities by considering some barriers to...

Improving services for people with learning disabilities

25 February 2004

Nursing Standard

CPD

People with learning disabilities encounter numerous barriers when using health services. The authors discuss ways to ensure that the health needs of these patients...

Caring for older adults with learning disabilities

20 February 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

Older patients with learning disabilities have greater physical and mental healthcare needs than the general population. However, because of a lack of knowledge...

RNLDplus: enhancing student knowledge and experience

23 July 2008

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

This article describes the innovative way in which Oxford Brookes University has responded to recent trends in the delivery of services by registered learning...

Nurses’ views about services for older people with learning disabilities

22 April 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

Aim To explore nurses’ views of the strengths and weaknesses of current patterns of service provision for older people with learning disabilities in relation to...

The future of learning disabilities nursing in the UK

02 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article appraises the report Strengthening the Commitment, which is a UK-wide review of learning disabilities nursing by the UK’s four chief nursing officers....