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the friendships of people with a learning disability

01 June 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Friendships are important to most people, including those with a learning disability (Cummins and Lau 2003). Not only do they provide non-judgemental warmth and...

Using psychosocial interventions in a South African township

01 June 2005

Mental Health Practice

General

South Africa covers an area of 1.221 million km2 and has a population of approximately 44 million people speaking 11 official languages. Although it is a wealthy...

Promoting social support for vulnerable parents

01 May 2010

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

People with learning disabilities can be good parents, but they often have to carry out their roles without adequate support. This article suggests that parenting...

How to map a patient’s social support network

01 March 2011

Nursing Older People

CPD

When patients are discharged from hospital they are dependent on the professional and social care delivered by healthcare staff and also on the support provided by...

Social network of an internationally connected nurse leader

01 March 2016

Nursing Management

Art & Science

Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of social media sites offering the opportunity for colleagues to connect with each other locally, nationally and...

Partnership for healthy living: an action research project

01 January 2009

Nurse Researcher

A&S Science

Globally, the population is ageing. The world’s elderly population is increasing by 795,000 each month (Kinsella and Velkoff 2001). Industrialised nations have...

The journey to accepting support: how parents of profoundly disabled children experience support in their lives

01 October 2004

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Advances in medical knowledge and care have extendedthe lives of children with profound and multiple disabilities. In most cases it is the parents who meet the often...

Struggle for self-determination among service users in Norway

26 November 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

By the end of 1991, institutional care for people with learning disabilities ended in Norway and former residents were relocated to their local communities. This...

Open AccessOC11 – Social support and intervention focus to minimize the effects of oncological disease in healthy siblings

09 May 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Supplement

Theme: Complex health care and chronic disease management. Introduction: The entire process underlying cancer disease not only affects the sick child, but also the...

Mothers’ voices: results of a survey of public health nurse-led breastfeeding support groups

28 August 2015

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

Research reporting that mothers are dissatisfied with support for breastfeeding in the community indicates the need for a consistent approach to breastfeeding...

10 December 2024 / Vol 27 issue 6

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