Positive Initiatives for People with Learning Difficulties: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

ISBN-13: 9780333672082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 224 str.

Roberta Astor;Karen Jeffereys

Opis

This multidisciplinary volume raises contemporary and controversial issues relating to care provision for people with learning difficulties. Addressing the changing market economy of care and taking as its theme the provision of 'Health for All', this book explores a range of issues with particular relevance for the quality of life enjoyed by people with learning difficulties. All the authors have direct involvement with the realities of practice as well as a thorough understanding of the relevant research and policy.

Spis treści

Introduction; R.Astor & K.Jeffereys.- Adding "Years to Life", but Adding Life to Years?; S.Carter.- A Model for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles; R.Astor & K.Jeffereys.- Community Nursing: Addressing the Emotional and Sexual Health Needs of People with Learning Difficulties; D.Sant Angelo.- Making a Reality of Partnership for People with Learning Difficulties in Residential Settings; C.Goble.- Supporting Women with Learning Difficulties in the Antenatal Period; J.McCray.- Empowerment for People with a Visual and Learning Difficulty; M.Nash.- Caring to Hear: Providing an Effective Service for People with Learning Difficulties and Hearing Impairment; C.Jenkins & S.Shearman.- People with Down's Syndrome who Develop Alzheimer's Disease: How Can Services Respond to this 'Double Disability'?; R.Marler.- Nutrition Standards in Small Community Houses: Quality Considerations for Residential Services; K.Jeffereys.- Premise for Possibilities; R.Astor.

O autorze

ROBERTA ASTOR MA, Cert Further & Higher Education, RNT, RNLD, RGN, RMN is currently working as a Staff Nurse in an intensive care acute mental health unit, Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust. She has been involved with Learning Disability nursing practice and education since 1973 and has worked as a practitioner, a clinical teacher, a researcher and a university lecturer, all within the Portsmouth area.

KAREN JEFFEREYS State Registered Dietician, MSc Applied Psychology (Learning Disabilites) is Chief Dietician, Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust. Karen manages a team of dieticians to provide a specialist service for children with learning difficulties. She has been responsible for initiating numerous service developments to improve the health of people with learning difficulties through diet and health promotion.