Risky business
Service provision for supporting of people with learning disabilities who are at...
01 May 2001
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A picture of happiness
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of the emotional and social...
01 May 2001
A matter of time
Recent care policies and philosophies for people with a learning disability stress...
01 Mar 2001
Building blocks for the future
Despite successive government policies that emphasise user-involvement and social...
01 Mar 2001
Men’s talk
The advent of community care and the closure of long stay hospitals for people with...
01 Mar 2001
Group think
This article describes a range of group work interventions undertaken by the...
01 Mar 2001
Going the extra mile
Kathleen Fray had Down’s syndrome and later developed dementia. Her sister Margaret...
01 Mar 2001
Standard bearers
Project 2000 was heralded as the best way to educate and train nurses and midwives...
01 Mar 2001
Up to the job
Most supported living schemes are based on the ordinary living model and are...
01 Jan 2001
A change for the better
A common reason for referrals being made to health staff working in learning...
01 Jan 2001
Sexuality matter
Research by Thompson (1990) has shown that attitudes towards sexuality among...
01 Jan 2001
Planning for life
Lifestyle Planning (LP), in the broadest sense, concerns the organisation and...
01 Jan 2001
Pathways to better health
The aim this article is to explore some of the issues in health promotion for...
01 Nov 2000
Speaking for themselves
While the number of people with learning disability living into old age is...
01 Nov 2000
Square pegs in round holes
Learning disability nurses, arguably, often feel like square pegs in round holes as...
01 Nov 2000
An eye to the future
With a general shift from hospital-based to community-based care for people with...
01 Sep 2000
A little knowledge
In recent years there has been a growing body of literature on the need for sex...
01 Sep 2000
Ethics of empowerment
Underpinning good health education practice is the need for specialist community...
01 Sep 2000