Description
Book SynopsisLearning 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.
Table of ContentsEditors 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
