People With Learning Disabilities and Dementia: Reasonable Adjustments to Healthcare Services (PHE / PHELDO)

Summary

Public Health England (PHE) has released a multi-part guide on reasonable adjustments which should be made to health and social care services, with a view to ensuring these services are accessible for people with learning disabilities plus actual or possible dementia. This thorough guide may be helpful for families and carers of people with learning disabilities. The parts comprise:

Introduction

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Dementia and people with learning disabilities: reasonable adjustments. Introduction. [Online]: Public Health England, June 18^th 2018. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2018132.

The Main Guide

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Dementia and people with learning disabilities (reasonable adjustments). [Online]: Public Health England, June 18^th 2018. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2018132.

The main body of this guide contains sections, which include:

• Why is this an important issue?
• Evidence and research.
• Policy and guidance.
• References.

Additional Resources

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Resources (Dementia and people with learning disabilities: reasonable adjustments). [Online]: Public Health England, June 18^th 2018. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2018132.

The main resource collections include:

• Resources about dementia in people with learning disabilities for family members, support staff and professionals.
• Easy-read and accessible resources about dementia.
• Apps related to dementia.
• Resources about dementia and related matters (not specific to people with learning disabilities) for professionals and support staff.

Examples and Case Studies

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Examples of reasonable adjustments and case studies (Dementia and people with learning disabilities: reasonable adjustments). [Online]: Public Health England, June 18^th 2018. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2018132.

The main sections include:

• Pathways.
• Roles of learning disability health services.
• Strategic approaches by support providers.
• Sensory stories for individuals with learning disabilities and dementia.

Conclusion

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Dementia and people with learning disabilities: reasonable adjustments. Conclusion. [Online]: Public Health England, June 18^th 2018. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2018132.

Easy Read Version of This Guide

There is also an Easy-Read Summary.

Appendix

Finally, there is a list of further “reasonable adjustments” guides in this series of PHE guides concerning people with learning disabilities:

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Dementia and people with learning disabilities: reasonable adjustments. Appendix A. [Online]: Public Health England, June 18^th 2018. PHE Publications Gateway No. 2018132.