diagnostic overshadowing

People with Down’s syndrome continue to experience avoidable health inequalities and reduced life expectancy, and specialist learning disability nursing expertise is needed to address these issues
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New Down’s syndrome guidance has to reflect lived realities

And learning disability nurses should be central to making the guidance work in practice

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Using decision trees to enhance pain assessment in people with learning disabilities and complex communication needs

Using decision trees for pain assessment in people with learning disabilities

A decision tree guides clinical reasoning through a sequence of branching questions

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Menopause Explained: accessible resources for people with learning disabilities

Menopause Explained: accessible resources for people with learning disabilities

Resources including symptom and mood trackers aim to help people understand and record symptoms

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Enhancing care for older people with learning disabilities in the emergency department

Enhancing care for older people with learning disabilities in the emergency department

Essential nursing considerations when caring for this patient group in the ED

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Menopause as a factor in psychological, behavioural and cognitive changes in women with learning disabilities

Menopause: learning disability nurses’ pivotal role in helping service users

The menopause is an often overlooked factor when supporting women with learning disabilities

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Emphasising the essential role of the learning disability nurse in acute care: a case study

The essential role of the learning disability nurse in acute care: a case study

Challenges experienced by a service user and their family during several hospital admissions

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Learning disability nurse and health visitor Lauretta Ofulue appears in one of Dance Syndrome’s videos, which seek to encourage more people to join the profession
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Personal videos aim to encourage more people to become learning disability nurses

Videos include personal stories shared by learning disability nurses about their motivations

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Exploing the barriers to identification of chronic pain in people with learning disabilities

Barriers to identifying chronic pain in people with learning disabilities

Health inequalities and lack of research prevent chronic pain from being managed

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Dementia in people with learning disabilities

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A learning disability liaison nurse talks to an older person in a hospital bed
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Why tackling learning disability health inequalities must be a government priority

Gross inequalities for people with learning disabilities and/or autism are a national shame

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Recognising and assessing for dementia in people with learning disabilities

Recognising and assessing for dementia in people with learning disabilities

A discussion of early signs and symptoms using a case study to explore an ‘ideal’ diagnostic pathway

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Recognising and assessing for dementia in people with learning disabilities

A discussion of early signs and symptoms using a case study to explore an ‘ideal’ diagnostic pathway

PANS and PANDAS: the little-known conditions you need to know about

With no NHS clinical guidelines for the disorders, these conditions are difficult to diagnose

How to manage behaviour that challenges and prevent it happening

Understanding the causes, such as unmet needs, is crucial for effective management

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How to get informed consent right

Experts with lived experience of having a learning disability offer their advice

How to diagnose constipation in people with learning disabilities

Diagnosis can be complicated by behaviours of concern in this patient group

Supporting people with learning disabilities to attend GP appointments

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New Down’s syndrome guidance has to reflect lived realities
And learning disability nurses should be central to making the guidance work in practice
Using decision trees for pain assessment in people with learning disabilities
A decision tree guides clinical reasoning through a sequence of branching questions
Menopause Explained: accessible resources for people with learning disabilities
Resources including symptom and mood trackers aim to help people understand and record symptoms
Enhancing care for older people with learning disabilities in the emergency department
Essential nursing considerations when caring for this patient group in the ED
Menopause: learning disability nurses’ pivotal role in helping service users
The menopause is an often overlooked factor when supporting women with learning disabilities