Caring for inpatients with learning disabilities

Buchanan, Dee

Dee Buchanan is community learning disability nurse Bath Locality Team, NHS Bath and North East Somerset.

This article has been double-blind peer reviewed

Nursing Times 107(32-33):p 16-17, August 16, 2011.

In this article…

> Setting up a learning disabilities awareness programme
> An evaluation of the training sessions
> The impact of the programme on staff awareness and on care

Abstract

Buchanan D (2011) Caring for inpatients with learning disabilities. Nursing Times; 107: 32/33, 16-17. People with learning disabilities are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to experience ill health, yet their health needs are often poorly met.

This article describes the implementation and evaluation of an education project, led by community learning disability nurses, to improve the care of patients with learning disabilities in hospital.