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- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) have made significant improvements to their Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) indicators. They have done some great work to improve equality within their workforce. This is making a real difference in the working environment and the quality of care they provide.
- Families affected by bereavement in Perton will soon be able to get advice and support at their local library. The Perton ‘Star’ Café’ which launches on 4 November 2019 will take place from 9:30am to 11:30am on the first Monday of every month. The service will provide a friendly and welcoming opportunity for anyone affected by bereavement to get advice and support.
- The present authors aimed (a) to objectively quantify spontaneous physical activity (PA) in adult patients with Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) and (b) to evaluate the transferability of a home‐based exercise training programme in these patients.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- Artificial Intelligence, remote consultations and even robots will be increasingly used to support face-to-face contact in Staffordshire’s health and social care system. The county’s public health leader is calling for a debate on the increasing use of technology in providing health and social care for the county’s ageing population.
- Open access. Care staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) report accepting views on PWID's sexual expression, but people with intellectual disabilities report their sexual expression is restricted by care staff.
- Research into hospital treatment and care of children with intellectual disabilities is extremely limited, but available literature points to difficulties. Some children have a co‐occurring condition alongside an intellectual disability which requires ongoing treatment, such as a cleft lip/palate. To date, their experiences remain untapped.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- Health assessment instruments can help to raise awareness among general practitioners of specific health problems in people with intellectual disabilities (PID). The present authors developed a health assessment questionnaire using the cognitive interview technique (CI) to improve the comprehensibility. The utility of this approach to questionnaire development involving PID is assessed.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- Active Support, now widely adopted by disability support organizations, is difficult to implement. The study aim was to identify the factors associated with good Active Support.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- Social inclusion of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is related to positive mental health and social outcomes; yet, individuals with IDD experience societal barriers that limit opportunities for community participation. Providing opportunities for interactions between individuals with and without IDD through peer mentoring may diminish barriers and improve community inclusion. Guided by the self‐determination theory, the current report describes the development of a peer mentoring programme to promote the natural process of building intrinsic motivation and personal growth through opportunities for individuals without disabilities to socialize with individuals with IDD on a large university campus and throughout the surrounding community.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- LGBT+ graduates value inclusivity programmes and say they are a vital factor in wellbeing at work, new research has revealed. More than 4,000 people polled for research The research - the largest of its kind - polled more than 4,000 students across the UK and was commissioned by the University of York with three partner organisations.
- The review claims that questions currently included in the criteria for diagnosing cannabis dependency such as 'have you ever been intoxicated while driving a truck or operating machinery’ are an example of a bias towards identifying and treating men with the problem.
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the patterns of objectively measured sedentary behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- Needle phobias are common in children and adults worldwide. One effective intervention for this phobia is exposure therapy where a participant is gradually exposed to increasing levels of the fear‐evoking stimulus while differential reinforcement is applied. This intervention, however, may be difficult to implement with some medical procedures as it may be difficult to obtain unfettered access to medical facilities and equipment for the purposes of exposure. Virtual reality may overcome these obstacles.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- Antipsychotic medications are used among 19%–58% of adults with intellectual disabilities to manage challenging behaviour against the NICE guideline recommendations. Studies show that it is possible to completely withdraw antipsychotics in about one third of adults with intellectual disabilities and a dose reduction of 50% or more in another third.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- A common factor in the abuse of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings has been the failure of care staff and frontline managers to recognise poor practice at an early stage and prevent its development into a culture of abuse. In this context, staff understandings of abuse and poor practice in residential services for people with intellectual disabilities were explored.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- A particular challenge facing parents of children with intellectual disabilities occurs when their adult children with intellectual disabilities has an interest in pursuing couple relationships. This study explores parents' perceptions regarding the nature of couple relationships, the right of their adult children with intellectual disabilities to pursue such relationships, the difficulties their children encounter and their own role in providing support.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- To understand how health‐related street outreach is perceived by homeless people with experience of sleeping rough. Specialist nursing and primary care services are expected to provide street outreach but there is no specific guidance on how to deliver it.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- To examine the role of community‐based nursing interventions in improving outcomes for community‐dwelling individuals exhibiting risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD).. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- EDITORIAL. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
- To examine the relationship between sleep–wake disturbances and frailty among older adults.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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