Aims and objectives. To provide an overview of the changes in the caseload and working
practices of community nurses for people with learning disabilities (CNLDs) over an 11‐year …

This ground-breaking text book is the first of its kind. It has been specifically written for
intellectual disability nurses to assist them in care planning and delivery of care for people …

Communication is a two-way process that primarily involves both sending information and
receiving messages through a variety of means. The significance of effective nurse-patient …

This article, the first in a series of three on developing a framework for learning disability
nursing practice, discusses how a bespoke nursing model was devised from elements of …

Although systems thinking in nursing is a vital tradition there have been no previous attempt
to understand this systemically. This paper addresses nursing as a disciplinary matrix by …

Accessible summary• This article is about sex offender treatment programmes in prison.• It
compares the experience of sex offenders with and without a learning disability through the …

This article, the second in a three-part series, describes a new framework for learning
disability practice. It is intended to empower nurses to update their practice, ensure good …

Mental illness is a distressing condition; it can disintegrate the personality or descend on
one's life like a dark cloud and overshadow all aspects of one's personhood. If a person has …

A health assessment is the collection and analysis of data in order to identify the client's
problems. This chapter explores the concept of health assessment, with particular reference …

The majority of people with intellectual disabilities live in community settings and many more
live with family carers than live in hospitals or communitybased residential accommodation …