Learning Disability and other Intellectual Impairments is the first
book of its kind to explore the similarities and parallels between
the needs of people with various types of intellectual impairments
as they encounter health services. It not only looks at the shared
issues from a bio-psycho-social perspective, but also discusses the
transferable skills that a practitioner can develop working across
these groups. It identifies the key skills and knowledge that
professionals need in order to work with intellectually impaired
patients whether they are in the hospital or at home.
Rather than just focusing on people with learning disabilities,
this text attempts to break down barriers and look at some of the
issues associated with care and treatment of people who have
intellectual impairment for a variety of reasons, including
acquired brain injury, dementia and long-term mental health issues
where cognition has been affected. Learning Disability and other
Intellectual Impairments is suitable for health care practitioners
at all levels who work with people who have intellectual
impairments in their work and who wish to further develop their
skills and knowledge to care for this neglected client group.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Editors vii
Contributors ix
Foreword xi
1 An Introduction to Intellectual Impairment 1
Louise L. Clark and Peter Griffiths
2 Meeting the Health Needs of People with Intellectual Impairment 15
Steve Higgins and Mary O’Toole
3 Effective Communication 41
Garry Diack and Howard Cohen
4 Primary Care Services for People with Intellectual Impairment 55
Louise Barriball, Allan Hicks, Howard Cohen and Liz Lewry
5 Transitions in the Ageing Population 69
Theresa Wiseman, Karen Lowton and Ian Noonan
6 the Older Adult, Intellectual Impairment and The Dementias 89
Emma Ouldred and Catherine Bryant
7 Emergency and Urgent Hospital-based Care 117
Ian Noonan and Karen Lowton
8 Admission to Acute Mental Health Services 139
Mary O’Toole, Mike Reid and Rob Winterhalder
9 Psychopharmacological Issues 165
Rob Winterhalder
10 Challenging Behaviour 179
Michael Kelly
11 Consent and Capacity 197
Alison Hobden and Simon Mills
12 the Future of Services for Intellectual Impairment 217
Peter Griffiths, Rob Winterhalder, Louise L. Clark and Allan Hicks
Index 233
Über den Autor
Louise L. Clark is Lecturer in Intellectual Impairment and Learning Disability in The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College London.
Professor Peter Griffiths is Director of England’s National Nursing Research Unit at King’s College London. He is deputy editor of the International Journal of Nursing Studies and an associate editor of the journal Evidence Based Nursing.
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