Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The challenges of caring can cause severe stress to all concerned in ways that must be recognised, acknowledged and managed.
<p>Completing mental capacity assessments for individuals is a complicated process that presents professionals with many challenges.
<p>Persistent sleep disturbance is common among children and young people with an intellectual impairment, but the issue has rarely been addressed.
<p>Health and education staff collaborated to run a group named ‘Show Club’ which aimed to develop emotion management in students with learning disabilities.
<p>The Mental Capacity Act and the code of practice (Department of Health (DH) (2005) make it clear that people should not be treated as unable to make a decision about th
<p>Those who care for people with learning disabilities must be able to manage a choking situation and possibly carry out basic life support.
<p>The Down’s Syndrome Association carried out a survey of its members to find out how many had received an annual health check and how thorough it had been.
<p>This article describes the role of Mingle, a support group for people with learning disabilities who identify as lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual.
<p>The four UK governments are planning big changes to ensure equal access to health care.</p>
<p>Analysis of interviews conducted by Mencap Liverpool suggest that hospital patients with learning disabilities on Merseyside continue to experience difficulties when ac
<p>This article draws on Melanie Chapman’s experiences of supporting Daniel Docherty, who has a learning disability and Asperger syndrome, to write his life story.
<p>The media has recently reported high-profile cases of people with a learning disability being taken advantage of or victimised by people they know or consider friends.
<p>People with learning disabilities are at added risk of developing dementia. Healthcare professionals’ lack of awareness of this condition among service users with intellectual impairment affects the care provided and, as a result, the health and wellbeing of clients.
<p>A significant proportion of people with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s disease, but their impaired cognitive abilities and healthcare professionals’ lack of knowledge about how Alzheimer’s disease presents in people with Down syndrome may lead to the condition going undetected or
<p>This article describes the experiences of a prisoner with a mild-to-moderate learning disability and epilepsy, with whom the author worked during a student placement.</p>
<p>This article introduces a three-phased approach to reducing healthcare inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities.
<p>Reducing health inequalities by providing accessible information resources is essential if we are to offer equitable care to people with learning disabilities. Donna Dawson discusses her role in the co-ordination and production of accessible information across Grampian.
<p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 altered the way that everyone should practise when working with people who may lack the capacity to give consent.
