Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) may require assistance in accessing healthcare
services, including cancer screening. A better understanding of the factors affecting cancer …

The specialist field of intellectual disability nursing has been subjected to a number of
changes since the move towards deinstitutionalisation from the 1970s. Government policies …

Previous research has highlighted that while involvement in Special Olympics can have
benefits for athletes and their families, there can also be many barriers to participation. This …

Aims To describe and compare perceptions of collaboration between care providers on the
part of three groups of Registered Nurses working in municipal care and having particular …

Introduction This scoping research identifies nursing-led and or nursing centred
interventions that are in place to address the changing needs of people with intellectual …

Objetivo: identificar as ações dos enfermeiros no exercício da advocacia do paciente, na
literatura científica internacional publicada nos últimos dez anos. Método: revisão …

This well-respected core text provides a comprehensive solid foundation for students of
nursing and practitioners who care for and or support people with learning/intellectual …

Kay Mafuba explores how learning disability nurses contribute to the implementation of
public health policy for people with learning disabilities the workforce responsible for …

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the amendments to the Mental Health Act (1983) in
2007–which came into effect in 2007 and 2009, respectively, in England and Wales–made it …

This case study describes one aspect of successful person-centred planning by intellectual
disability nurses for a 68-year-old man who is preoccupied by ritual and repetition, and who …