Lynn Hannon, Julie Clift

General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities is a comprehensive resource for those health professionals in a general hospital setting who may come into contact with people with learning disabilities. The book explores the nature of learning disabilities and highlights specific health care needs. It takes the reader through all the key factors in the healthcare process, through pre-admission assessment, care planning, intervention and treatment and liaison and discharge planning while highlighting key areas of healthcare need at each stage.

The Department of Health, the National Health Service Executive and Mencap have all reported that people with learning disabilities have increased health needs to the general population, yet these needs are often poorly met and people experience difficulties in accessing appropriate services. This is a timely and accessible resource for healthcare professionals in need of a general introduction to caring for people with a learning disability.
Relevant to the care of both children and adults with a learning disability
Use of case studies to illustrate examples of situations explored in the main text
Focuses on key areas of communication, understanding behavior and the often difficult area of consent

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781405185639
• ISBN-10: 1405185635
• Artikelnr.: 32194322

Autorenporträt

Lynn Hannon is currently Head of Employment Services at East Lancashire PCT, formerly Nurse Manager of the Specialist Community Nursing Service for people with a learning disability, and a Florence Nightingale Scholar. Julie Clift is Community Nurse Specialist Learning Disabilities/Acute Liaison at NHS East Lancashire Community Services and Lecturer Practitioner for the University of Cumbria.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii Acknowledgements ix 1 Understanding Learning Disability 1
Introduction 1 Definitions and causes of a learning disability 2 How to
establish if your patient has a learning disability 9 Perceptions and
attitudes towards people with a learning disability 10 Health needs of
people with a learning disability 15 Family/carer's needs 30 Introduction
to person-centred approaches 32 Conclusion 35 References 38 2 The Process
of Health Care 40 Introduction 40 The patient journey 41 Pre-admission 53
Care planning and developing care pathways 68 Intervention and treatment 71
Liaison and discharge planning 78 Conclusion 80 References 83 3
Communication 85 Introduction 85 What is communication? 86 Models of
communication - verbal and non-verbal 90 Developing relationships with
people with a learning disability 93 Communicating with people with a
learning disability 98 Tools to aid communication 109 Helping people with
learning disabilities to make choices 118 Communicating with family and
carers 123 Conclusion 124 References 125 Introduction 127 What do we mean
when we say a person displays challenging behaviour? 128 What could
different behaviours mean? 130 How hospital admission can affect individual
behaviour and ways of overcoming this 135 How to respond to behaviour in
health care situations 137 The use of behavioural indicators in the
assessment of pain 152 Risk assessment 159 Conclusion 160 References 165 5
Consent 167 Introduction 167 What do we mean by consent? 167 Ethical
decision making 169 The law on consent and capacity to consent (in England
and Wales) 172 Defining capacity 177 Obtaining consent 181 Advocacy and
empowerment 188 Planning for future care 189 Emergency situations 190 What
to do when consent is refused 190 Record keeping 193 Conclusion 194
References 197 6 Ethical and Political Aspects of Care 198 Introduction 198
Health care ethics and professional accountability 198 Safeguarding
children and vulnerable adults 208 Cost 213 Values and beliefs 214
Political issues affecting service provision in both learning disability
and secondary care services 217 Interdisciplinary approaches and
partnership working 224 Where do we go from here? 230 Conclusion 232
References 237 Useful Websites and Contacts 239 Index 246

Rezensionen

"The text is well laid out and provides a logical journey for the reader, which means it represents an invaluable resource for any service and would provide guidance and 'food for thought' for any practitioner. The book can be either read in its entirety or dipped in and out of as needed". (Learning Disability Practice, 1 June 2011)