Open access. To understand the views of qualified medical practitioners regarding “reasonable adjustments” and the quality of the care and treatment provided to adults with intellectual disabilities when admitted to acute hospitals as inpatients.
An emerging body of evidence underscores the often-intensive perinatal healthcare needs of women with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, population-based research examining postpartum experiences of US women with IDD is sparse. We examined emergency department (ED) use in the postpartum period among Massachusetts mothers with IDD. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
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Many adults with intellectual disabilities require nutritional support as feeding problems are prevalent in this population. While many types of nutritional support are available, enteral feeding tubes, such as nasogastric (NG) tubes, are considered safe and effective. NG tube feeding is a common clinical procedure carried out to maintain patients’ nutritional needs when they have swallowing difficulties or cannot tolerate oral feeding. Insertion of an NG tube provides adequate nutrition and improves positive health outcomes and quality of life, but being fed through an NG tube may alter patients’ perceptions of feeding and mealtimes. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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People with a learning disability often experience health inequalities. Inquiries and reports have detailed the possible catastrophic consequences of inadequate healthcare for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. This is despite the Equality Act 2010 specifying that providers have a legal duty to make reasonable adjustments to enable the delivery of adequate and efficient services.
This article reviews the literature on reasonable adjustments to explore if the introduction of colour-coded patient identification wristbands for people with learning disabilities who are admitted to general hospitals could improve safety, experience and outcomes and influence the provision of a reasonably adjusted healthcare service. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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Little is known about the hospitalisation rate of adults with severe/profound intellectual disability (PID) presenting at emergency services or about the appropriateness of hospital admissions in this population. Examining the possible differences in the patterns of hospitalisation between people with PID and those without intellectual disability (ID) may shed light on aspects of health and illness in these patients and may in turn make it possible to differentiate more clearly between mild-moderate ID and PID. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.