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Learning Disability and other Intellectual Impairments
Meeting Needs Throughout Health Services
Louise Clark (Edited by), Peter Griffiths (Edited by)
9780470034712, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 11 January 2008
256 pages
23.8 x 19.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.482 kg
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.
Editors vii Contributors ix Foreword xi 1 An Introduction to Intellectual Impairment 1 2 Meeting the Health Needs of People with Intellectual Impairment 15 3 Effective Communication 41 4 Primary Care Services for People with Intellectual Impairment 55 5 Transitions in the Ageing Population 69 6 the Older Adult, Intellectual Impairment and The Dementias 89 7 Emergency and Urgent Hospital-based Care 117 8 Admission to Acute Mental Health Services 139 9 Psychopharmacological Issues 165 10 Challenging Behaviour 179 11 Consent and Capacity 197 12 the Future of Services for Intellectual Impairment 217 Index 233
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Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
