Learning Disability and other Intellectual Impairments

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.

Editors vii Contributors ix Foreword xi 1 An Introduction to Intellectual Impairment 1 Louise L. Clark and Peter Griffiths 2 Meeting the Health Needs of People with Intellectual Impairment 15 Steve Higgins and Mary O’Toole 3 Effective Communication 41 Garry Diack and Howard Cohen 4 Primary Care Services for People with Intellectual Impairment 55 Louise Barriball, Allan Hicks, Howard Cohen and Liz Lewry 5 Transitions in the Ageing Population 69 Theresa Wiseman, Karen Lowton and Ian Noonan 6 the Older Adult, Intellectual Impairment and The Dementias 89 Emma Ouldred and Catherine Bryant 7 Emergency and Urgent Hospital-based Care 117 Ian Noonan and Karen Lowton 8 Admission to Acute Mental Health Services 139 Mary O’Toole, Mike Reid and Rob Winterhalder 9 Psychopharmacological Issues 165 Rob Winterhalder 10 Challenging Behaviour 179 Michael Kelly 11 Consent and Capacity 197 Alison Hobden and Simon Mills 12 the Future of Services for Intellectual Impairment 217 Peter Griffiths, Rob Winterhalder, Louise L. Clark and Allan Hicks Index 233