Participation of adults with learning disabilities in the 2015 UK General Election
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 65-71, April 2018. Purpose People with learning disabilities may experience discrimination which prevents them from exercising choice and control over their right to participate in democratic processes. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach Taking data collected by social workers during a campaign from the 2015 UK General Election, this paper analyses the variables associated with higher rates of democratic participation by people with learning disabilities. Findings The present authors undertook secondary analysis on data collected b...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Paid employment amongst adults with learning disabilities receiving social care in England: trends over time and geographical variation
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 117-122, April 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine trends over time and geographical variation in rates of paid employment amongst working age adults with learning disabilities receiving long-term social care in England. Design/methodology/approach Data were drawn from NHS Digital adult social care statistics examining paid/self-employment for working age (18-64 years) adults with learning disabilities known to social care (2008/2009 to 2013/2014) or receiving long-term social care (2014/2015 to 2016/2017). Findings In 2016/2017, councils repor...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Supporting the direct involvement of students with disabilities in functional assessment through use of Talking Mats ®
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 111-116, April 2018. Purpose Bowring et al. describe ways of using the Behavior Problems Inventory – Short Form, illustrating how to use clinical norms to evaluate change. This commentary focuses on the importance of considering information gained directly from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during assessment. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/metho dology/approach A pilot project involved interviews with four children with IDD. A Talking Mats® (TM) framework was used to gather children’s views regarding challengin...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Toward data-based clinical decision making for adults with challenging behavior using the Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form (BPI-S)
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 103-110, April 2018. Purpose The Behavior Problems Inventory-Short Form (BPI-S) is a shorter version of the Behavior Problems Inventory-01. In this paper, BPI-S population norms are reported from a total administrative population of adults with intellectual disability (ID). To facilitate the use of the BPI-S in clinical services to assess behavior change, the purpose of this paper is to describe how to use BPI-S clinically significant and reliable change (RC) scores. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered on 265 adults with ID known to services. Proxy inf...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “Fall prevention for people with learning disabilities: key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers”
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 100-102, April 2018. Purpose Age-related processes are marked by physiological, psychological and social decline, threatening health, quality of life, functional status and the mobility of individuals. As the impact of demographic change also begins to affect persons with intellectual disabilities (ID), issues and needs regarding the aging process are slowly entering the field of ID research. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In the population of older people with ID, important, age-related events such as falls have prompted incr...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Fall prevention for people with learning disabilities: key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 91-99, April 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a narrative review of what is currently known about the high rates of falls, and fall injuries, which are experienced by people with learning disabilities (LDs) throughout their lives. Design/methodology/approach Narrative review. Current evidence is summarised as key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers. Findings People with LDs experience similar rates of falls as older adults in the wider population, but throughout their lives, or at an earlier age. Originality/value K...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “Evaluating service users’ experiences of using Talking Mats®”
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 87-90, April 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide some thoughts following on from reading “Evaluating service users’ experiences of using Talking Mats®”. Design/methodology/approach This commentary outlines some considerations for the continued discussions about how to engage people who have profound and multiple learning disabilities. Findings The literature is not clear on t he involvement of people with more profound and multiple learning disabilities, or for those who do not use much spoken language. Some papers have explored the noti...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Evaluating service users ’ experiences using Talking Mats®
This study included a population who are often left out of qualitative research because of the methodologies adopted. It also included older PWIDD, where there has been less research about the effectiveness of TM. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Full and equal equality
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 72-77, April 2018. Purpose This commentary takes the article, “Participation of adults with learning disabilities in the 2015 United Kingdom General Election”, as a jumping-off point for considering a tension between the aim of full and equal equality for all people with disabilities as set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities a nd more traditional beliefs, that on occasion, it is necessary to deny legal autonomy of men and women with intellectual disabilities in order to protect them. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Participation of adults with learning disabilities in the 2015 UK General Election
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 65-71, April 2018. Purpose People with learning disabilities may experience discrimination which prevents them from exercising choice and control over their right to participate in democratic processes. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach Taking data collected by social workers during a campaign from the 2015 UK General Election, this paper analyses the variables associated with higher rates of democratic participation by people with learning disabilities. Findings The present authors undertook secondary analysis on data collected b...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - March 28, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research
CQC inspection reports for acute NHS trusts: are there relationships between the comments in inspection reports regarding people with learning disabilities and CQC hospital/trust ratings?
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 56-62, January 2018. Purpose People with learning disabilities are at risk of poor health and premature death. Due to these inequalities, NHS trusts are required to make reasonable adjustments to their care, such as longer appointment times, with the legal duty on them being “anticipatory”. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Secondary analysis of CQC acute hospital inspection reports asking the following research questions: Do CQC inspection reports mention people with learning disabilities? Where issues concerning people with...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - December 12, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Transforming care: problems and possible solutions
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 51-55, January 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to raise issues about Transforming Care (TC) and discuss possible solutions. Design/methodology/approach Reflections and commentary on Transforming Care following Painter et al. ’s article on correlates for the risk of admission to specialist hospitals. Findings Concerns are raised about the initial assumptions of TC, in particular the composition of the inpatient group and impact of the existing legal framework on reducing this population. The lack of cohesion between Care and Treatment Reviews and Car...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - December 12, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Correlates for the risk of specialist ID hospital admission for people with intellectual disabilities: development of the LDNAT inpatient index
This study confirms the associations between mental health difficulties, challenging behaviour and specialist hospital admissions for people with ID, extending existing research by translating these findings into a clinically usable risk index. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - December 12, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commentary on “The bounds of liberty: lessons learnt from treating a man with alcohol use disorder, autism and learning disability”
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 35-41, January 2018. Purpose In commenting on the issues raised by Drake et al. the purpose of this paper is to discuss three areas of practice: assessing capacity in the presence of intransigence and/or rigid patterns of thinking and behaviour; understanding addiction in this context; and identifying “reasonable adjustments” in the way addiction and substance misuse services are provided to this client group. Design/methodology/approach As well as discussing the issues raised by Drake et al. the commentary refers to a serious case review exploring similar is...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - December 12, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
The bounds of liberty: lessons learnt from treating a man with alcohol use disorder, autism and learning disability
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 27-34, January 2018. Purpose A man in his 40s with alcohol use disorder, learning disability and autism was referred to the learning disability team due to anxiety and low mood. He had been abstinent from alcohol for ten years prior to a recent relapse. The purpose of this paper is to describe his case. Design/methodology/approach Treatment was person centred, followed standard practice for clients with alcohol use disorder and targeted harm minimisation. Initially, alcohol consumption reduced; however, at month three, he relapsed. Thereafter, he was repeatedly a...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - December 12, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
