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The health needs of people with learning disabilities


The health needs of people with learning disabilities: issues and ...

The health needs of people with learning disabilities: issues and solutions · T Time – take time to work with the person · E Environment – alter the environment ...

Health needs of people with learning disabilities neglected - PMC

The report says that people with a learning disability are three times more likely to die from respiratory disease and have higher risks of coronary heart ...

Access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities are more prone to a wide range of additional physical and mental health problems than the general population.

Health needs in people with learning disabilities - ProQuest

One factor is the low expectations on the part of the person with a learning disability and their carer(s) compared the greater health risks and inequalities ...

Learning Disability - Health Inequalities Research - Mencap

Common associated health conditions for people with a learning disability include mental health problems, epilepsy, and being underweight or overweight. Click ...

Review Meeting the needs of people with a learning disability in the ...

People with a learning disability have greater health needs than the rest of the population (Michael, 2008) along with a significantly reduced life expectancy ( ...

THE A – Z OF HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH ...

People with learning disabilities are people first – each health problem presented should be isolated from the learning disability and treated separately.

Health - Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

Children and young people with learning disabilities are much more likely to live in poverty, to have few friends and to have additional long term health ...

Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities - NHS Digital

The aim of this publication is to provide information about the key differences in healthcare between people with a learning disability and those without....

Improving the general health of people with learning disabilities

a high prevalence of serious conditions such as epilepsy, and specific patterns of health needs associated with the aetiology of their disability. Unfortunately ...

Systemic safety inequities for people with learning disabilities: a ...

... care. This needs urgent attention. Therefore, the aim of the study was to understand the care experiences of people with learning disabilities ...

Meeting the health needs of people with learning disabilities

While this guide is aimed at nurses who may find themselves working with adults with learning disabilities, those working with children may also find it useful.

Comprehensive health care services for people with learning ...

In addition to ordinary health care needs, people with learning disabilities may have much greater special health care needs than the general ...

NICE impact people with a learning disability

Research has shown that, compared with the general population, people with a learning disability were 3 to 4 times as likely to die from an avoidable medical ...

Needs of learning disability patients 'not consistently met' - hssib

assuring delivery of high-quality care · information sharing and accessibility · the learning disability specialist workforce in acute hospitals ...

Supporting the Physical Needs of People with Learning Disabilities

learning disability does not exist in isolation. ... the best ways to ensure this is to work closely with those who know them the best. ... outcome for the person.

(PDF) Improving the Health of People with a Learning Disabilities

The review also sought to summarize evidence available on the role and impact of learning disability nurses in meeting the public health needs of people with LD ...

Learning disability - applying All Our Health - GOV.UK

People with a learning disability often have associated communication difficulties receiving, retaining and repeating information. They are also ...

Supporting the Physical Health Needs of People with Learning ...

It has long been known that people with learning disabilities have poorer health than the¬ general population, but the extent of these differences becomes ...

Attending to the health needs of people with intellectual disability

Health needs of people with ID · Lack of contact with front line community health care services (primary care) · The way medication is prescribed · The need for ...