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Historically, the delivery of care to people with learning disabilities has been...
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Historically, the delivery of care to people with learning disabilities has been...
The term ‘intensive interaction’ refers to an approach to working with people with...
The new White Paper, Valuing People (Department of Health 2001), sets an ambitious...
The life expectancy of people with Down syndrome has increased dramatically over...
Numerous studies over the years have shown increased seizure rates in the learning...
The National Health Service and services for people with learning disabilities have...
By the middle of this year health and social work agencies in Scotland are expected...
It is widely acknowledged that individuals with a learning disability may have...
In recent years much has been written about the health needs of people with...
For most people, leaving home is a critical event symbolising the transition to...
From the publication of the Briggs Report (HMSO 1972) until the early 1990s, a...
Service provision for supporting of people with learning disabilities who are at...
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of the emotional and social...
Recent care policies and philosophies for people with a learning disability stress...
Despite successive government policies that emphasise user-involvement and social...
The advent of community care and the closure of long stay hospitals for people with...
This article describes a range of group work interventions undertaken by the...
Kathleen Fray had Down’s syndrome and later developed dementia. Her sister Margaret...