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Lennox, Nicholas, and Robert Chaplin. "The Psychiatric Care of People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Perceptions of Consultant Psychiatrists in Victoria." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 30, no. 6 (December 1996): 774–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679609065044.

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Objective: This study was undertaken to establish the perceptions of psychiatrists regarding the care of people with intellectual disabilities. Method: A 28-item self-administered questionnaire was developed, piloted and sent on two occasions to 467 psychiatrists who receive the newsletter of the Victorian branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. The questionnaire incorporated a Likert scale to document the opinions of the respondents. Results: A response rate of 51.1 % was achieved. The respondents indicated that, in their opinion, people with intellectual disabilities receive a poor standard of care in the inpatient and community setting. To improve this situation, the following strategies were recommended: the development of improved liaison between services; improved training for all personnel who provide services to people with intellectual disabilities; the development of greater resources; and support for professionals working in the area. The study also indicates that there is a core group of very interested psychiatrists who are currently practising and that people with intellectual disabilities are accessing private psychiatric services. In addition, the results suggest that diagnostic overshadowing is not a major barrier to psychiatric assessment, and that disorders which were presumed to be commonly overlooked by doctors (such as depression) are in fact frequently being diagnosed. Conclusions: Despite some positive findings, the majority of psychiatrists who responded held major concerns about the situation of people with intellectual disabilities. To improve the care provided to these people, it is recommended that these concerns are addressed by the psychiatric profession and responsible government departments in conjunction with university departments of psychiatry.
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Lennox, Nicholas, and Robert Chaplin. "The Psychiatric Care of People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Perceptions of Trainee Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Medical Officers." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 29, no. 4 (December 1995): 632–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679509064978.

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Objective: The main aim of this study was to document the perceptions of trainee psychiatrists and psychiatric medical officers regarding the psychiatric care of people with intellectual disabilities. Method: A 28-item self-administered questionnaire was developed by the investigators and pretested on eight psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees. A revised version of the questionnaire was then sent to 128 psychiatric trainees and 27 medical officers working in the public psychiatric services in Victoria. 116 questionnaires were returned, and the responses analysed. Results: The results indicate a high degree of interest in the psychiatry of intellectual disability, however this was tempered by a feeling that the respondents and their senior colleagues are inadequately trained. The respondents expressed major concerns regarding the care of people with dual disabilities in the hospital and community setting, and significant support for the development of specialised units and subspecialisation within psychiatry. The major concerns which were identified would in part explain why 30% of the respondents felt that they would prefer not to treat people with an intellectual disability and a psychiatric disorder. Conclusion: We can only support the assertion made by the Burdekin Report [12] that “there is an urgent need for academic research, increased clinical expertise and substantial increased resources in the much neglected area of dual disability.”
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Stein, M. A. "Mental Disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum 1847–1901. By David Wright. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. xii, 244 and (Index) 10 pp. Hardback £40. ISBN 0–19–924639–4.]." Cambridge Law Journal 61, no. 2 (June 24, 2002): 463–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008197302401699.

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Under the auspices of the 1808 Asylums Act, twelve county asylums for the institutionalised care of “dangerous idiots and lunatics” were created from 1808 through 1834. The advent of the New Poor Law in that latter year, with its emphasis on economising costs through “relieving” the poor in Union workhouses, resulted in a drastic increase in the number of mentally disabled people under the care of the Poor Law Overseers. Subsequently (and partially in consequence) the Lunatics Act of 1845 directed that all “lunatics, idiots, or persons of unsound mind” be institutionalised in county asylums. The Earlswood Asylum (formerly the National Asylum for Idiots) was the premier establishment for the care of people with mental disabilities throughout the Victorian era, and the institution upon which a national network would be modelled. This book chronicles and examines the history of the Earlswood Asylum from 1847–1901.
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Conrad, Jordan A. "On intellectual and developmental disabilities in the United States: A historical perspective." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 24, no. 1 (April 5, 2018): 85–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629518767001.

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The history of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States is, in many ways, a triumphant story reflecting an increasingly progressive attitude acknowledging the equality of all persons. The law now recognizes people with IDD as citizens, possessing an equal right to education, health care, and employment—each of which represents milestone victories. However, this progression was not a linear development but rather a product of periods of growth and decline, backsliding, and hard-won battles across political, cultural, and legal domains. This article explores the vacillating historical trajectory for people with IDD in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Particular attention is paid to the conceptual understanding of disability itself across time periods as that which informs particular developments in treatment, law, and social status. The capabilities approach, as outlined by Martha Nussbaum, is then brought to bear as a heuristic framework, consonant with current developments in disability studies, and which may guide future social and legislative action.
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Blair, Jim. "Mental Health Care For People with Learning Disabilities." Learning Disability Practice 7, no. 8 (October 1, 2004): 25–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ldp.7.8.25.s23.

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Dewing, Jan. "Mental Health Care For People with Learning Disabilities." Mental Health Practice 8, no. 5 (February 1, 2005): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/mhp.8.5.33.s23.

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Rodgers, Jacqueline, and Oliver Russell. "Health care for people with intellectual disabilities." Current Opinion in Psychiatry 5, no. 5 (October 1992): 660–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001504-199210000-00008.

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Tracy, Jane M. "People with an intellectual disability in the discourse of chronic and complex conditions: an invisible group?" Australian Health Review 33, no. 3 (2009): 478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah090478.

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TO THE EDITOR: Goddard et al, authors of ?People with an intellectual disability in the discourse of chronic and complex conditions: an invisible group??1 are to be congratulated for raising discussion about one of the most vulnerable groups in Australia with respect to their receipt of optimal health care. The authors conclude that ?developing interventions and strategies to increase the knowledge of health care workers . . . caring for people with intellectual disabilities will likely improve the health care needs of this population and their families?. In relation to this identified need for health professional education and training in the care of people with intellectual disabilities, we would like to draw the attention of your readers to some work undertaken by the Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria (CDDHV) to address this issue. The CDDHV works to improve the health and health care of people with developmental disabilities through a range of educational, research and clinical activities. In recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the need for health professional education in this area. Moreover, as people with disabilities often have chronic and complex health and social issues, focusing on their health care provides a platform for interprofessional education and a springboard for understanding the essential importance and value of interprofessional practice. Recently, the CDDHV has taken a lead role in developing a teaching and learning resource that focuses both on the health care of people with disabilities and on the importance and value of interprofessional practice. This resource promotes and facilitates interprofessional learning, and develops understanding of the health and health care issues experienced by people with disabilities and those who support them. ?Health and disability: partnerships in action? is a new video-based teaching and learning package, produced through an interprofessional collaboration between health professionals from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, paramedic practice, health science, social work, speech pathology, dietetics and dentistry. Those living with a disability are the experts on their own experience and so their direct involvement in and contribution to the education of health care professionals is essential. The collaboration between those featured in the video stories and health professionals has led to the development of a powerful resource that facilitates students and practitioners developing insights into the health and health care issues encountered by people with developmental disabilities. We also believe that through improving their understanding of, and health provision to, people with disabilities and those who support them, health professionals will acquire valuable attitudes, knowledge and skills applicable to many other patients in their practice population. Jane M Tracy Education Director Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria Melbourne, VIC
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Sena, Adrielly Kayane da Silva, Cátia Maria Silva de Oliveira, and José Ricardo de Abreu Afonso. "Mental Health and Psychosocial Care for People with Disabilities." IJS - International Journal of Sciences 1, no. 1 (2021): 15–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.29327/229003.1.1-3.

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Focht-New, Virginia. "Beyond Abuse: Health Care for People with Disabilities." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 17, no. 5 (January 1996): 427–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01612849609009411.

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Dorofaeff, Michael John. "Shared status and advocating practices : nurses who work with clients who have a co-existing intellectual disability and mental health problem a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Applied in Nursing /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/141.

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Bedinger, Susan Angenendt. "Effects of placement in an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded." Gainesville, FL, 1985. http://www.archive.org/details/effectsofplaceme00bedi.

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Sullivan, Jacqueline Patricia Clay Tubbs. "Pastoral care to younger adults in long-term care." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Sandler, Louis. "Goodness-of-fit and the viability for behavioral support plans : survey of direct care adult residential staff /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3024530.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-193). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Annison, John Edward, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The meaning of home: A comparison of the meaning of home as identified by samples of Victorians with, and without, an intellectual disability." Deakin University. Institute of Disability Studies, 2000. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050826.102639.

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This phenomenological study of the meaning of home from the perspectives of people with and without an intellectual disability sought to identify, (a) any common ‘essence’ of meaning held by and, (b) the nature of any differences of perception between, the groups. Purposive samples of 18 people with an intellectual disability and 21 non-disabled people were surveyed using a semi-structured interview to ascertain their experiences of home and 'non-homes'. Inductive analysis of the data revealed a shared understanding of the meaning of home at a fundamental level. This shared meaning of home was found to comprise: the ability to exert control over an area; having a personalised space; feeling content with the living situation; a sense of familiarity with the setting; a set of behaviours and routines usually only enacted when at home; common names and uses for rooms; socialising at home with others; the importance of a positive social atmosphere in the home; and, recognition of places as non-homes because they lacked one or more of these attributes. Further analysis revealed the essence of home is its experience as the place where stress is most reduced or minimised for the individual. The study demonstrates that the concept of stress is superordinate to previously identified concepts considered fundamental to home such as privacy, control and non-homes. Major differences between the two samples were largely differences of degree with people who have an intellectual disability reporting the same fundamental attributes of home as people who do not have an intellectual disability, but in a less elaborated form. Principal among these differences of degree was the notion of control over the home and its derivative elements which encompassed the whole dwelling including its setting for people without an intellectual disability but was very restricted for people with an intellectual disability being largely confined to the person's bedroom. Socialising in or from the home was also very limited for people with an intellectual disability in comparison with that experienced by non-disabled informants with the former group conveying an impression of leading significantly socially isolated lives at home. The major implications of this study are related to the meaning of home per se, to residential service provision to people with an intellectual disability, and to future research.
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Gray-Stanley, Jennifer A. "Stress and coping of direct care workers serving adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2008. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3327507.

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Amstutz, William J. "Case studies of two contemporary faith-based organizations that care for individuals with mental disabilities." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Head, Annabel. "How people with Intellectual Disabilities experience transitions through the Transforming Care programme : a grounded theory study." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/19457.

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Following the exposure of abuse of people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) at Winterbourne View, the Government launched the Transforming Care programme, to support people to transition out of hospital into their own home. A literature review revealed limited research into people with IDs experiences of transitioning. The study aimed to explore how transitions through Transforming Care were experienced. Eleven people with ID were interviewed about their experiences, with ten nominating a Key Support Person to be interviewed alongside them on a second occasion. Interviews were analysed using a Social Constructionist Grounded Theory methodology. The model demonstrated that participants experienced transitioning as a highly complex process of managing change. In hospital, how participants were seen by significant others and how they saw themselves resulted in a 'restricted story'. In moving to the community, participants and those around them were able to shift ideas about who they were, allowing for a 'widening out' of their story. Participants discussed seeking a sense of safety in new relationships, managing loss, and going through uncertainty as part of the process of transitioning. The findings of this study demonstrate that transitioning is not a single event, but an ongoing process over time. Clinical implications include ensuring that people with ID feel prepared about their move and the importance of staff understanding peoples' behaviours within a wider context.
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Hackworth, Naomi. "Development and application of a methodology for the evaluation of a health complaints process." Australasian Digital Thesis Program, 2007. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au/public/adt-VSWT20070928.092053/index.html.

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Thesis (DPsych (Health Psychology)) - Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2007.
Submitted as a requirement for the degree of Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology - 2007. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-210).
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Lifshitz, Pleet Judy Charna. "Quality of life of intellectually challenged adults living in the community." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33463.

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This study examined the relationship between the principle of normalization and the concept of quality of life of intellectually challenged adults living in the community. The effect of demographic variables on the quality of life of this population was examined. The sample consisted of sixty respondents from four agencies (one from Montreal and three from Ottawa) providing services to intellectually challenged adults. Cummins' (1997) Comprehensive Quality of Life---Intellectual Disability Fifth Edition (ComQol-I5) was used.
Both objective and subjective quality of life scores were calculated. The major findings were: (1) the subjective scores were higher than the objective scores; (2) a number of subjective scores were positively correlated with the objective score for community (attending leisure/social activities, belonging to a group and/or holding a position of responsibility) and (3) higher functioning respondents (income, diagnosis, education and living arrangements) had significantly higher overall quality of life scores. Results were compared with two outside samples (Italian and Australian); all three samples showed a similar pattern of lower objective scores and higher subjective scores.
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Books on the topic "People with mental disabilities Care Victoria"

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Mental disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum, 1847-1901. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001.

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Jackson, Mark. The borderland of imbecility: Medicine, society and the fabrication of the feeble mind in late Victorian and Edwardian England. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000.

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Ombudsman, Victoria. Report on the investigation of the removal and placement of a client of intellectual disabilities services because of allegations made by facilitated communication. Melbourne, Vic: L.V. North, Govt. Print., 1994.

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H, Hallas Charles, Fraser William I, and Kerr Michael, eds. Hallas' the care of people with intellectual disabilities. 9th ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.

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Creative day-care for mentally handicapped people. Oxford, UK: B. Blackwell, 1988.

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National care standards: Care homes for people with mental health problems. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2005.

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Sue, Read, ed. Palliative care for people with learning disabilities. London: Quay Books, 2006.

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Braddock, David L. Direct costs of institutional care in the United States. Chicago, Ill: Evaluation and Public Policy Program, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986.

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Executive, Scotland Scottish, ed. National care standards: Care homes for people with learning disabilities. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2001.

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Philip, Seed, ed. Day services for people with learning disabilities. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1996.

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Book chapters on the topic "People with mental disabilities Care Victoria"

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Barnhill, Jarrett. "Introduction to Mental Health and Behavior." In Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan, 1481–87. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_119.

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Williams, Ashley, and David A. Ervin. "Integration of Mental and Behavioral Health in Primary Care." In Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan, 1699–707. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_133.

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Clayton, Philip. "Transforming care in England for people who have intellectual disabilities and forensic formulations." In Cognitive analytic therapy and the politics of mental health, 144–48. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203728857-10.

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Haugan, Gørill. "Nurse-Patient Interaction: A Vital Salutogenic Resource in Nursing Home Care." In Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research, 117–36. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63135-2_10.

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AbstractWe are now witnessing a major change in the world’s population. Many people globally grow very old: 80, 90, and 100 years. Increased age is followed by an increased incidence of functional and chronic comorbidities and diverse disabilities, which for many leads to the need for long-term care in a nursing home. Quality of life and health promotive initiatives for older persons living in nursing homes will become ever more important in the years to come. Therefore, this chapter focuses on health promotion among older adults living in nursing homes. First, this chapter clarifies the concepts of health, salutogenesis, and pathogenesis, followed by knowledge about health promotion. Then insight and knowledge about the nursing home population is provided; what promotes health and well-being in nursing home residents?Health promotion in the health services should be based on integrated knowledge of salutogenesis and pathogenesis. The salutogenic understanding of health is holistic and considers man as a wholeness including physical, mental, social, and spiritual/existential dimensions. Research indicates that various health-promoting interventions, specifically the nurse–patient interaction, influence on older adults in nursing homes as a wholeness of body–soul–spirit, affecting the whole being. Hence, dimensions such as pain, fatigue, dyspnea, nausea, loneliness, anxiety, and depressive symptoms will be influenced through health-promoting approaches. Therefore, two separate studies on the health-promoting influences of nurse–patient interaction in nursing home residents were conducted. In total, nine hypotheses of directional influence of the nurse–patient interaction were tested, all of which finding support.Along with competence in pain and symptom management, health-promoting nurse–patient interaction based on awareness and attentional skills is essential in nursing home care. Thus, health care workers should be given the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and relational skills, in order to “refine” their way of being present together with residents in nursing homes. Health professionals’ competence involves the “being in the doing”; that is, both the doing and the way of being are essential in health and nursing care.
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Grant, Gordon, Paul Ramcharan, and Peter Goward. "Resilience, Family Care, and People with Intellectual Disabilities." In International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, 135–73. Elsevier, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0074-7750(03)01004-8.

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Chauhan, Umesh, Ken Courtenay, and Matthew Hoghton. "Physical Health in People with Intellectual Disabilities." In Oxford Textbook of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, 203–12. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198794585.003.0020.

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The aim of this chapter is to outline the importance of good physical health for a person with intellectual disability (ID) on their mental health and wellbeing; the impact of the choice of psychotropic therapy on their physical health; the presentations of mental disorders in people with ID with health problems; what to include in assessment—good history taking, physical examination, and investigations. Other aspects covered are the management of health problems including health prevention and what to monitor; the role of guidelines; and importance of liaison with GPs and the Primary Care Team.
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Barr, Owen, and Bob Gates. "People with intellectual disabilities and forensic nursing." In Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing, 417–52. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198782872.003.0011.

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In the UK, it has been suggested that as many as 7% of prisoners have an intelligence quotient (IQ) of less than 70, and a further 25% have an IQ of 70 to 79. The ‘Transforming Care’ programme of work (England) has highlighted that a number of people with intellectual disabilities are within inpatient beds in a range of settings who might be better placed elsewhere. Nurses for people with intellectual disabilities have a key role when working in forensic services, along with their colleagues who work either directly in prisons or as ‘in-reach practitioners’. Nurses can provide focused risk assessment management strategies in order to inform person-centred care and treatment approaches. They will need to understand the complexities of the forensic population of people with intellectual disabilities, the rights, and aspects of mental health legislation, along with the enormous number of agencies involved. This chapter supports this complex arena of practice with a detailed examination of the issues that nurses for people with intellectual disabilities will need to know.
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Daly, Blánaid, Paul Batchelor, Elizabeth Treasure, and Richard Watt. "Prevention for people with disabilities and vulnerable groups." In Essential Dental Public Health. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199679379.003.0022.

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In this chapter we will look briefly at the prevention needs of people with disabilities and people who are vulnerable and require special care dental services for reasons that may be social. Within this group there will be a spectrum of people with needs and dependencies. Not everyone described as belonging to a vulnerable group in this chapter would identify themselves as disabled; nevertheless, what they have in common are a range of factors that put their oral health at risk, make accessing dental care complicated, or make the provision of dental care complicated. These factors may include a ‘physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability, or more often a combination of these factors’ (GDC 2012). People with disabilities have fewer teeth, more untreated disease, and more periodontal disease when compared to the general population in the UK (Department of Health 2007). Good oral health can contribute to better communication, nutrition, self-esteem, and reduction in pain and discomfort, while poor oral health can lead to pain, discomfort, communication difficulties, nutritional problems, and social exclusion (Department of Health 2007). As discussed in previous chapters, the important risk factors for oral diseases include: high-sugar diets, poor oral hygiene, smoking, and alcohol misuse. They are also shared risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases such as respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancers. The basic principles and approaches for the prevention of oral diseases in disabled people and vulnerable groups are similar to those described in previous chapters; however, there is a need to recognize that the context, the circumstances, the settings, and the opportunities for prevention will be slightly different, depending on the groups. For example, some disabled people (e.g. people with learning disabilities) may be reliant on others, such as family, carers, health care workers, to support basic self-care and to access health services. Other vulnerable groups such as homeless people live independent lives but lack access to basic facilities such as drinking water, and a place to store toothbrushes and toothpaste.
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Cooper, Sally-Ann. "Epidemiology and course of intellectual disabilities." In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, edited by John R. Geddes, Nancy C. Andreasen, and Guy M. Goodwin, 216–22. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198713005.003.0022.

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In high-income countries, about 5/1000 adults have intellectual disabilities. Population prevalence of intellectual disabilities is higher in children/young persons than adults, and prevalence decreases in older age groups to about 2/1000 over the age of 65. Intellectual disabilities are more common in boys/men, and in low-income countries; prevalence varies with geography and over time. Mental ill health is more common in people with intellectual disabilities than in the general population, with a point prevalence of 41% in adults and 36% in children/young people. Physical health problems and disabilities are common, and multi-morbidity and polypharmacy typical in people with intellectual disabilities; hence, clinical assessment and management are complex. The lifespan of people with intellectual disabilities is currently about 20 years less than that of other people, and more than 37% of their deaths are preventable deaths amenable to high-quality health care. Improving health care for people with intellectual disabilities needs to become a priority for clinicians, service commissioners, and policymakers.
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Brown, Michael J., and Edward McCann. "Homelessness among intellectual and developmental disability populations: Implications for practice developments." In Homelessness and Mental Health, edited by João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Antonio Ventriglio, and Dinesh Bhugra, 365–76. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198842668.003.0025.

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While the issue of homelessness is one that is attracting global concern and attention, the situation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is one that has been the subject of limited attention. As a population, people with IDD often experience stigma and discrimination and are socially marginalized. Additionally, many experience significant health inequalities that directly impact their life expectancy and quality of life. There is clear international evidence that many continue to experience significant barriers when attempting to access care and support with important consequences for their health and social well-being. Many people with IDD have mental health issues and challenging behaviours that can have an impact upon their becoming homeless. Other factors include relationship and family breakdown, and bereavements, with men with IDD having a greater likelihood of becoming homeless. Therefore, there is a need for a sustained policy and service development focus on the specific needs of people with IDD who are at risk of homelessness and those who are homeless, and the services and supports necessary to assist people in exiting homelessness. Further research is also required to develop the evidence base in this area and in particular around the views and experiences of people with IDD who have been homeless.
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Conference papers on the topic "People with mental disabilities Care Victoria"

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Rupšienė, Liudmila, Milda Ratkevičienė, and Regina Saveljeva. "Towards the Equality of People with Disabilities in the Health System: The Preparedness of Health Workers to Work with People with Hearing, Visual, Movement and Mental Disabilities." In 79th International Scientific Conference of University of Latvia. University of Latvia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2021.28.

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Even though the recent decades have witnessed extensive attempts around the world to ensure the equality of people with disabilities in the health system, it has not been achieved yet. To some extent, the problem is related to the education of health workers to work with people with disabilities. In order to gain more understanding in this regard, this paper focuses on the preparedness of health workers to work with people with hearing, visual, movement and mental disabilities: Is there a link between the studies of the health care workers in higher schools and their preparedness to deal with the specific problems that arise when working with people with hearing, visual, movement and mental disabilities? How does a specific subject / module on working with people with disabilities relate to the preparedness of health workers to address these specific issues? How is it related to the integrated preparation during the study years to work with people with disabilities? A survey of 664 health workers (doctors, nurses, kinesiotherapists, and social workers) working in Lithuania has been conducted. The research revealed that a number of health workers were not properly prepared in higher schools to work with people with hearing, visual, movement and mental disabilities. The research has also revealed that while studying a specific subject / module about working with people with disabilities or studying it in an integrated way across a variety of study activities, health professionals become better prepared to deal with the specific problems of working with people with hearing, visual, movement and mental disabilities. The results of the study suggest the necessity to pay more attention to the particularity of working with people with disabilities in health workers education, so that they are more prepared to work with people with hearing, visual, movement and mental disabilities and ensure more equality and non-discrimination in the healthcare system.
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Reports on the topic "People with mental disabilities Care Victoria"

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Rast, Jessica E., Anne M. Roux, Kristy A. Anderson, Lisa A. Croen, Alice A. Kuo, Lindsay L. Shea, and Paul T. Shattuck. National Autism Indicators Report: Health and Health Care. A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.17918/healthandhealthcare2020.

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Health and health care are critical issues for many children and adults on the autism spectrum. They may experience more frequent use of services and medications. They may need more types of routine and specialty healthcare. And their overall health and mental health care tends to be more complex than people with other types of disabilities and special health care needs. This report provides indicators of health and health care for autistic persons across the lifespan. Topics covered include overall health, health services, medication, insurance, and accessing services. We need to understand health and healthcare needs across the life course to support recommendations on how to improve health and health care at critical points across a person's life. The purpose of this report is to catalogue indicators to aid in decision making to this end.
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