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iPlanit
We have just bought some LD specific online person centred planning software from Aspirico called iplanit. We love it! www.paradigm-uk.org/content/iplanitHome.aspx
Photo appointment
We send out a photo appointment letter for people with learning disabilities. This gives details of the department and the professionals who will be involved in the assessment.
BME Resource guide
Reaching and Supporting Diverse Communities is a guide to meeting the needs of people with learning disabilities and family carers from newly arrived black, Asian and other minority ethnic (BME) communities. BME Resource guide
Disdat
Disdat is a toolkit developed by combined NHS palliative care and learning disability teams. It is designed to help spot signs of distress in people with severe communication difficulties.
Supporting parents with learning disabilities: a starting point
A new publication from Disability Pregnancy & Parenthood International (DPPI) is now available for health and social care professionals and students who are working with parents with a learning disability or difficulty: www.choiceforum.org/docs/dppi.pdf
Jargon buster
The General Medical Council has produced a useful 'Jargon Buster' for doctors to use, which provides alternative ways of saying frequently used terms and phrases, together with visual prompts and actions. Jargon Buster (844.6 KB)
GMC-Learning Disabilities website
The General Medical Council has launched a website which aims to help doctors work more effectively with patients who have learning disabilities. There is a useful interactive learning section to enable you to demonstrate compliance with GMC guidance. www.gmc-uk.org/learningdisabilities
Developing specialist skills in Autism Practice
A useful guide that explores how services might anticipate the needs of people with autism. It aims to help practitioners provide positive experiences for people with autism using health and social care. Autism booklet 2011 cropped[1].pdf (501.5 KB)
Templates for professionals
A newly launched health resource site with lots of easy read info, templates and letters for professionals: www.healthelanarkshire.co.uk
LearningDisabilityNurse.com
Learning Disability Nurse is a website which aims to increase awareness of learning disability nursing as a career and as a role within health and social care. The site provides a network for other learning disability nurses to connect and improve practice. learningdisabilitynurse.com
GP Resource Pack
This GP Resource Pack has been produced by Sheffield NHS, but provides information to help all primary care practices carry out their annual health checks and follow up care for people with a learning disability on their practice register. www.signpostsheffield.org.uk/Staying-healthy/gpcorner/gp-pack.html
Audit tool for health checks
The Improving Health & Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory has produced a tool for auditing local health checks for adults with learning disabilities. Audit tool (854.1 KB)
General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities
General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities is a comprehensive resource for health professionals supporting people with learning disabilities in a hospital setting. General Hospital Care
Hospital discharge plan
I have developed a hospital discharge plan which we find promotes good handover of information to carers and community services. Also better continuity of care which decreases unnecessary repeat admissions. Discharge plan (45.3 KB)
Autism Skills & Knowledge List
The Skills for Care Autism Skills and Knowledge List is a really useful checklist for people working in the care and health sectors. Autism Skills.pdf (666.4 KB)
Social moral awareness tool
We have developed a simple tool to test social-moral awareness of people with learning disabilities. This can be used by practitioners to understand why someone might be getting into difficulties in the social aspects of community living. SMAT_order_form[1].pdf (96.2 KB)
Pain training pack
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS has produced a really useful pack to train staff in pain recognition and management for people with learning disabilities. Pain pack (49.0 KB)
Working with carers
The BMA has produced a guide to 'Working with Carers' which lays out guidelines for good practice. The guide provides advice on identifying and supporting carers, as well as laying out carers' legal entitlements, and ways in which doctors can support them. Working with carers (100.9 KB)
Right from the start
Right from the start is a template for good practice in sharing news with parents about their child's disability. It has been produced by Scope following extensive consultations with parents and disabled people. Right from the start (493.5 KB)
UK Health & Learning Disability Network
For free information on health issues join the UK Health and Learning Disability network. www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/ldhn
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