[PDF] Understanding Learning Disability And Dementia eBook

Author : Diana Kerr
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 10,70 MB
Release : 2007-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846426758

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Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia. Like the population at large, people with learning disabilities are living longer, and therefore an increasing number are developing dementia. Service providers, planners, doctors, social workers, carers and direct support staff need to be equipped with relevant knowledge prior to the onset of dementia, so that they can devise appropriate therapeutic interventions and coping strategies, including health and medication management and palliative care. This book will provide essential knowledge for anyone involved in the provision of services, assessment of need and direct care and support for dementia sufferers who also have a learning disability.

Author : Karen Watchman
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1784501840

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Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia. Drawing on the author's first-hand experiences with families, this book provides crucial, accessible information and answers the difficult questions that often arise when a family member with an intellectual disability is diagnosed with dementia. Linking directly to policy and practice in both dementia and intellectual disability care, this book takes an outcome-focussed approach to support short, medium and long-term planning. With a particular emphasis on communication, the author seeks to ensure that families and organisations are able to converse effectively about a relative's health and care. The book looks at how to recognise when changes in the health of a relative with an intellectual disability could indicate the onset of dementia, as well as addressing common concerns surrounding living situations, medication and care plans. Each chapter is structured to identify strategies for support whilst working towards outcomes identified by families as dementia progresses.

Author : Louise Clark
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 047069789X

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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.

Author : Heather Wilkinson
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 085700249X

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The experiences and needs of residents and patients in nursing and care homes are very different at night, and this is particularly true for those with dementia. Yet nursing and care homes are not always inspected with the same rigour at night as they are during the day, and night staff do not always receive the same levels of training, resources and supervision as day staff. This book provides night staff, their managers and anyone else with an interest in care homes during the night with the information, knowledge and practical skills they need to deliver positive and appropriate care at night. The authors look at all of the issues that are particularly pertinent in caring for older people at night, including nutrition and hydration, continence, challenging behaviour, medication, night time checking, pain management and end of life care. They also look at the impact that working at night has on care staff, and offer practical suggestions to help them to safeguard their own health. The final chapter provides a set of night time care guidelines for inspectors that can also be used by managers to evaluate night time practices in their homes. This book is essential reading for night staff and their managers and employers, as well as inspectors of services, policy makers, and anyone else with an interest in the provision of care for older people.

Author : Karen Dodd
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Dementia
ISBN : 9781904082903

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This booklet for more able people with learning disabilities describes dementia in easy-to-understand language and provides answers to commonly asked questions.

Author : Karen Dodd
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Dementia
ISBN : 9781905218080

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A resource book for family carers, staff and other professionals to help them care more effectively for people with Down's syndrome and dementia.

Author : Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857005839

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This book offers unique and flexible guidelines that can be used by practitioners to ease the process of breaking bad news to people with intellectual disabilities. The guidelines, which are adaptable to individual communication ability and level of understanding, address the many complex needs of people with intellectual disabilities who can find understanding and accepting news that has a negative impact on their life a very difficult task. In the book, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne covers a range of different types of bad news, from bereavement and illness to more minor issues such as a change of accommodation, and offers highly practical and effective tips that will help carers and practitioners ensure that bad news is relayed as sensitively and successfully as possible. An easy-to-use and comprehensive guide, this book will be an invaluable resource of information for carers, health professionals such as doctors and nurses as well as families of people with intellectual disabilities.

Author : Vee P. Prasher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1848002491

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This book reviews important neuropsychological measures currently used in the assessment of dementia by the principal clinicians and researchers associated with the test, offering practical guidance on each test along with an analysis of its limitations.