Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
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Supporting and mentoring learning disability nursing students can be rewarding for all parties, but the challenge is to ensure that the process is robust and effective.
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The benefits of a communication forum specifically in support of community reintegration
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A look at Batten disease, a collection of rare and fatal inherited disorders of the nervous system
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An interactive and collaborative approach may be most effective
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Nurses need to feel confident about supporting people with LD affected by epilepsy
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Nurses need an understanding of the root causes of problematic sexual behaviour
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A look at this progressive and rare congenital lysosomal disorder
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Processing style may affect emotion recognition differently in children and adults
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Literature review examining general nurses' caring for people with learning disabilities
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This article describes how PBS standards were audited in an assessment and treatment unit
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Adherence to good practice guidelines for people with an intellectual disability and dementia
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An evidence-based approach to determine and enable the sleeping needs of people with ID
Our series about conditions that constitute a syndrome looks at tuberous sclerosis
Practice of mindfulness exercises may be important component of increasing well-being
A series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute a syndrome
Consanguinity is defined as the result of a sexual reproduction of two related individuals, but may also reference populations that share a common ancestor or communities that practise endogamy. There is a higher prevalence of genetic anomalies of the offspring of consanguineous relationships.
Research indicates that aspirate pneumonia as a result of dysphagia can be one of the leading causes for episodes of hospitalisation among people with intellectual disabilities (Glover and Evison 2013).
People who have a learning disability have increased health risks compared to the general population and access healthcare less frequently.
