Learning Disability Nursing
Use this guide to find information resources about learning disability nursing including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
17/09/2024
Key Resources
Adults with incapacity: forms and guidance (Scottish government)
The Learning Disabilities Review Programme (LeDeR) (2022) Annual report. Bristol: LeDeR
Mental capacity act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
NHS England (2018) Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both (STOMP).
Reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability (2018) GOV.UK.
快猫视频 - Clinical topics in learning disabilities.
快猫视频 (2021) Connecting for change: for the future of learning disability nursing. London: 快猫视频
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (2021) Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks: multidisciplinary team guidance for the shared decision-making process (adults).
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Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks refers to the decision to continue eating and drinking despite the associated risks from having dysphagia. These risks may refer to aspiration, malnutrition, dehydration and choking. This publication is endorsed by the 快猫视频.
Skills for Health (2019) Capabilities frameworks. Supporting autistic people and/or people with a learning disability.
Taggart L, Tripp H, Conder J, Whitehead L, Scott J, Rouse L, Redquest B, Lunsky Y and Truesdale M. (2021) International consensus guidelines: reasonable adjustments in the management of type 2 diabetes in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. International Association for the Scientific Study of
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD): Health Special Interest Research
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Videos
National Autistic Society, Amazing Things Happen by Alexander Amelines.
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