Background: There is evidence that people with intellectual disabilities experience
healthcare inequalities, including access to specialist palliative care, but to date, there has …

Objective To help increase the confidence of both caregivers and clinicians in providing
palliative care to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) using an easy …

Background: Care relationships are crucial in tailoring the end-of-life care of a person with
intellectual disabilities (ID) to their needs. Yet, almost all studies on end-of-life care for …

In developed countries, there has been an increase in the longevity of adults with intellectual
disabilities. In the later stages of their lives, people with intellectual disability have specific …

Bakgrund: Socialstyrelsen beskriver att “Psykiatriska tillstånd är psykisk ohälsa där kraven
för en psykiatrisk diagnos är uppfyllda”. Flera kriterier måste vara uppfyllda för att en diagnos …

Background: Although people with intellectual disability are increasingly living longer and
experiencing high levels of multiple co-morbidity, palliative care has received limited …

Palliative care is a vital intervention to relieve the suffering of people living with, and dying
from, life-limiting conditions. However, people with an intellectual disability experience …

In recent years, a growing body of work has developed that aims to ensure that people with
intellectual disability are empowered to live their lives to the full even in the face of serious …

People with learning disabilities are an ageing population. As with the general population,
they are also living longer due to social and medical improvements (Emerson et al., 2011) …

Background: Gradually, over the years, the type of treatments provided to clients with
intellectual disabilities (IDs) has changed, with increasing access to different types of …