Learning Disabilities: A non-specialist introduction for nursing, health and social care

Learning Disabilities is an accessible introductory textbook that will help to improve the quality of care provided to people with learning disabilities. It is aimed primarily at non-specialist nursing and healthcare students.

This book is an excellent resource offering an introduction to learning disabilities, and I feel that everyone working in care would benefit from reading it. The simple logical structure and layout, along with the tone, make for easy reading, whether in one go or for quick reference to a particular topic. I will be recommending this to my peers and my university. The concept is excellent, particularly as student nurses are expected to experience all fields yet this exposure can be limited.
Adult nursing student, University of Wolverhampton

A well written book with interesting learning ideas that our students will benefit from. I will recommend the book to be part of our reading list for the module I lead.
Lecturer, University of Essex

Learning Disabilities is an accessible introductory textbook that will help to improve the quality of care provided to people with learning disabilities. It is aimed primarily at nursing and healthcare students who are not in the learning disabilities field of practice but are seeking to understand learning disability and become rounded practitioners.
Through clear explanations, examples and activities, the book will help you to recognise, support and care for people with learning disabilities whenever you meet them in your practice. You will learn:

• What learning disability is and how it interacts with physical and mental health
• What the role of the nurse or carer is and how to care for and provide support to people with learning disabilities
• About legal issues around learning disability including discrimination, capacity and consent
• How to support people with a learning disability who are experiencing ageing and suffering bereavement
• About spirituality and sexuality in relation to people with a learning disability
• How to support the informal unpaid caregivers who provide daily care to a person with a learning disability, and how to recognise and utilise their experience and knowledge.

Written by a highly experienced author, academic and caregiver, this book will help you to improve your understanding of learning disability and to provide the high quality care to which people with learning disabilities are entitled.

• | Author: Chris ) Barber
• | Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 11, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781914962004
• | ISBN-10: 1914962001