Intimate and Personal Care with People with Learning Disabilities

Name: Intimate and Personal Care with People with Learning Disabilities
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ISBN: 9781843101307

ISBN-10: 1843101300

ISBN-13: 9781843101307

Edition: 2006

Authors: Steven Carnaby, Paul Cambridge, Angela Mallett, Eleni Hatzidimitriadou, Neil James

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This important guide is the first to consider the management and practice of intimate and personal care. Examining in detail a variety of issues including training, ethnicity, sexuality and competence in practice, the contributors bring their extensive practical experience to this text. Drawing on evidence from research by the editors, the book will discuss the ideas that need to be considered by carers and including the nature of touch, how physical contact is intended and experienced, duty of care, and risk management. Written in the context of recent government strategy for people with learning disabilities, the book will also explore management considerations of best value, care…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Introduction




Staff attitudes and perspectives




Race, ethnicity and culture - providing intimate and personal care within a 'person-centred approach'




Sexuality and intimate and personal care




Health and hygiene




Developing policies, procedures and guidelines for intimate and personal care in services for people with learning disabilities




Multi-disciplinary working and care coordination




Adults with mild learning disabilities - promoting independence




Adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities - supporting planned dependence




Children and young people with learning disabilities : developing good practice in intimate and personal care provision




Providing care for older people with learning disabilities




Developing best practice in intimate and personal care for people with learning disabilities