Intellectual disability nursing in Ireland: identifying its development and future

O Doody, E Slevin, L Taggart - Journal of Intellectual …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
As a profession, intellectual disability nursing has often come under scrutiny and been
called into question. Since its inception as an individual nursing profession in 1959 in …

Vip care in learning disability nursing

O Doody - Learning Disability Practice, 2016 - journals.rcni.com
Method This study explored families' views after a move of people with a learning disability
from a long-stay psychiatric institution to a campus-based residential service. A total of 36 …

Meeting the challenge of caring for an ageing population in Ireland

M Caples, L Marsh, C Dalton… - Learning Disability …, 2010 - journals.rcni.com
The age profile of Irish people with a learning disability has changed significantly prompting
a call for the development of the role of the gerontological clinical nurse specialist. The …