Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities : nursing complex needs / edited by Jillian Pawlyn, Steven Carnaby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pawlyn, Jillian.

Carnaby, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Rehabilitation.

People with mental disabilities.

Learning disabilities--Nursing.

Learning disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Children and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) are among the most marginalised people in society. They have some of the highest support needs and are most reliant on services. This accessible text presents and promotes current best practice regarding interventions to meet the complex health needs of a person with profound & multiple learning disabilities. Practical in focus, this text provides evidence-based guidance on meeting the complex needs of a person with PMLD.The text presents a range of complex health needs that a practitioner may face, suc

Contents:

CONTENTS; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Section 1 Assessing Complex Needs; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Quality of Life: People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities; Chapter 3 Supporting a Person with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities to Maintain Their Health: A Parent Carer and Support Team Experience; Chapter 4 Making Sense of Communication; Chapter 5 Promoting the Emotional Well-being of People with Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities: A Holistic Approach through Intensive Interaction; Chapter 6 Achieving and Maintaining Health

Chapter 7 Clinical Assessment of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple DisabilitiesSection 2 Meeting Complex Needs; Chapter 8 Mental Health Problems and People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities; Chapter 9 Epilepsy: Implications for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities; Chapter 10 'Sight Is Might': Vision and Vision Impairment in People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities; Chapter 11 Hearing and Aural Health; Chapter 12 Respiratory Health of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Chapter 13 Dental Care and Oral HealthChapter 14 Dysphagia and People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities; Chapter 15 Nutrition, Hydration and Weight; Chapter 16 Continence; Chapter 17 Mobility, Posture and Comfort; Chapter 18 Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: Meeting Complex Needs through Complex Means; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612034527

9781282034525

1282034529

9781444301526

1444301527

9781444301533

1444301535

OCLC:

437097878