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Learning Disability Practice - Volume 14, Issue 3

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Learning Disability Practice

Issue 3 - Volume 14 - 08 April 2011

5 archive articles

 

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Promoting healthy eating and weight loss

Author: Jeff Bartley
Date: April 2011
Journal: Learning Disability Practice
Issue: Volume 14, Number 3
Keywords: learning disabilities, health and weight, weight control, service user club

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 club was set up a...
The involvement of service users in nursing students’ education

Authors: Stacey Atkinson | Paul Williams
Date: April 2011
Journal: Learning Disability Practice
Issue: Volume 14, Number 3
Keywords: Learning disability nursing, nurse education, service user involvement

This article outlines the impact, merits and challenges of service users’ and carers’ contributions to learning disability nurse training, and the practical considerations of such involvement. Service...
How to recognise and respond to mental health needs

Authors: Fleur-Michelle Coiffait | Keith Marshall
Date: April 2011
Journal: Learning Disability Practice
Issue: Volume 14, Number 3
Keywords: Learning disabilities, mental health, community learning disabilities team

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 disabilities ...
Excellence in end of life care

Author: Gerard Wainwright
Date: April 2011
Journal: Learning Disability Practice
Issue: Volume 14, Number 3
Keywords: End of life care, learning disabilities

Staff at a nursing home used information from the Gold Standards Framework to develop appropriate care for a 62-year-old woman with Down syndrome who developed dementia. They were able to ensure that ...
Health of the Nation Outcome Scales in an inpatient unit

Authors: Malcolm Pearce | Allan Skelly | Sarah Baxter
Date: April 2011
Journal: Learning Disability Practice
Issue: Volume 14, Number 3
Keywords: Learning disabilities, Health of the Nation Outcome Scales

Following a 2005-06 study using Health of the Nation Outcome Scales learning disability scores to assess the outcomes of treatment of people with learning disabilities by community teams, the authors ...

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