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Summary Here we explore the enormous implications that independence has for people with intellectual disabilities. After completing the activities, readers will be able to empathise with a client's situation, appreciate [...]

Abstract This article explores the rights-based agenda for social action by intellectual disability nurses working alongside people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland, The author discusses the rights issues raised by [...]

Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Issues for care managers and other professionals Editors: Christine Bigby, Chris Fyffe, Elizabeth Ozanne Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Price: £22.99 Pages: 312 ISBN: [...]

Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities: In and out of Institutions Editors: Kelley Johnson and Rannveig Traustadottir Publisher: Jessica Kingsley No of pages: 293 Price: £19.95 ISBN: 843101017 There is [...]

Guide to Mental Health for Families and Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities Authors: Geraldine Holt et al Publishers: Jessica Kingsley Publishers No of Pages: 240 Price: £15.95 ISBN: 1843102773 [...]

Abstract This article describes a qualitative study in which people with intellectual disabilities (learning disabilities in the UK) living in residential homes were asked to describe family life and loss. [...]

Recent figures show that there were 25.613 people registered on the National Intellectual Disability Data-base (NIDD 2007) in Ireland. People with Intellectual disabilities, whether in residential care or living in [...]

A growing body of evidence suggests that people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing significant health inequalities when compared with their peers in the general population (Cassidy et al 2002, Kerr [...]

Summary The Supports Intensity Scale, its background and a project designed to evaluate its use in planning support for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour are explained. The authors [...]

Two recently launched publications have put the issues of education and employment of people with learning disabilities firmly in the spotlight. The first, Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities: Access [...]

Bereavement experiences As a result of recent developments in physical care services, people with intellectual disabilities are living for longer than ever before. As a result, they are more likely [...]

LEARNING DISABILITY nursing students were called on to develop relationships with people with intellectual disabilities outside of their work commitments so that they can promote genuine social inclusion. Speaking at [...]

Concern has been expressed about the barriers people with intellectual disabilities face in securing direct payments and personal budgets. This briefing examines how issues of mental capacity should be considered [...]

Officials from 53 countries have endorsed the World Health Organization's European Declaration on the Health of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families. The declaration commits governments [...]

Inclusion in primary health care This Scottish study set out to gain service user and social care staff perspectives on the barriers encountered by people with intellectual disabilities when accessing [...]

21 September Sexuality and people with intellectual disabilities: getting the balance right This conference explores the next steps in securing a safe and respectful emotional and sexual life for people [...]

This piece of work explores chronic pain in people with intellectual disabilities. The authors assert that chronic pain is a prevalent and under-diagnosed problem in the population of people with [...]

In this helpful piece of research the authors explore placement breakdown for people with intellectual disabilities. They identify that previous research has tended to focus on the role of individual [...]

This study concerns primary and secondary support offered to people with intellectual disabilities by formal carers around the time of a death of a loved one. This paper reports on [...]

Getting older is inevitable and so, too, is the memory decline associated with it, but measuring this in people with intellectual disabilities is problematic. The authors of this paper report [...]

In this helpful paper, Edwin Jones and his colleagues explore the very sensitive area of restraint and self-injury in people with intellectual disabilities. They assert that much of the debate [...]

Abstract Health checks for adults with learning disabilities were introduced in England in 2009, following a recommendation in the Department of Health (DH) (2008) document, Healthcare for All. Since then, [...]

Abstract People with learning disabilities experience health inequalities and are at greater risk than the general population of developing problems associated with an unhealthy lifestyle. Obesity is also higher in [...]

Abstract In the UK, the use and misuse of restrictive practices with people who have intellectual disabilities are common. There is a lack of regulation to ensure that non-statutory standards [...]

Abstract There is an increased focus on non-pharmacological approaches for the management of dementia in the general population. Reminiscence therapy, mainly in groups, has been used on its own, or [...]

This article seeks to place current methods of identifying and assessing people with learning disabilities into a historical context. It suggests that, although the roles played by service providers and [...]

Abstract A massage and aromatherapy therapy group was set up at a day centre for people who have learning disabilities. The authors describe the involvement of clients and staff, the [...]

Abstract This article describes a systematic review of approaches to measuring the satisfaction of people with learning disabilities with their health care. Methods to enable people with learning disabilities and [...]

Abstract Being a patient in an intensive care unit can be extremely stressful. As well as having to cope with being critically ill, patients are subjected to an environment that [...]

Summary Health and education staff collaborated to run a group named 'Show Club' which aimed to develop emotion management in students with learning disabilities. The group, which ran for 13 [...]

Summary 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 [...]

Summary This article describes a study that examined how the largely unmet mental health needs of people with learning disabilities were being identified and met by a Scottish community learning [...]

Summary A weight reduction club for people with learning disabilities helped participants to each lose 5.9kg on average over a 12-month period. In this article Jeff Bartley describes how the [...]

Summary The author explores the use of live simulation as a strategy for teaching nursing and other students about person-centred health care for service users who have learning disabilities and [...]

Summary The age profile of Irish people with a learning disability has changed significantly prompting a call for the development of the role of the gerontological clinical nurse specialist. The [...]

Abstract In Scotland, children with learning disabilities, some of whom exhibit behaviour that challenges, are increasingly being educated in mainstream classrooms (Harris et al 1996). Research in other countries has [...]

Summary The ability to communicate personal needs, choices, hopes and aspirations is vital in determining how individuals live their lives and make decisions about their future, which in turn is [...]

Summary This article discusses the problems faced by people with learning disabilities who have complex health needs and how a staff team developed a unique tool for improving health surveillance [...]

Abstract Aim To investigate whether staff caring for people with learning and communication disabilities experience feelings of emotional exhaustion or lack of achievement or need to depersonalise by distancing themselves [...]

Summary Service users are susceptible to developing personality disorders, but for them the diagnosis can be particularly difficult. The author reviews the debates about diagnosis, treatment and management of these [...]

Summary Although people with a learning disability have greater health needs than the general population, they are less likely to access health care. Swansea People First peer advocacy group addressed [...]

Abstract Aim The aim of this study was to explore carers' perceptions of their ability to access a range of health and social care services, including information about the services. [...]

Summary A sample of people with complex learning disabilities had their specialist hospital placements reviewed by the authors. In this article they describe the inpatients' environment, their daily life and [...]

Summary Teaching people about personal hygiene and how to keep clean is an essential skill for nurses and other professionals working with people with learning disabilities. This article describes a [...]

Summary The aim of this phenomenological study was to investigate the lived experiences of primary caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities who access specialist early intervention (EI) services in Ireland. [...]

Summary The publication of draft quality standards for intellectual disability services in Ireland by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA 2008) includes recommendations on person-centred plans, and many services [...]

Summary Little has been published about mental health promotion literature for young people with learning disabilities. The aim of this study was to produce a mental health promotion booklet developed [...]

This article provides an overview of the current literature on person-centred planning, health action planning and associated concepts such as facilitation and advocacy. It explores how flexible approaches to person-centred [...]

This article reports on a study that examined the effect of a one-day training course for support staff on their knowledge about the concept of learning disability, common cognitive difficulties [...]

This article provides a framework for the inclusion of hand massage in the care plans of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities in a hospice setting. It illustrates how [...]