Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
Subtitle: nursing complex needs
By: edited by Jillian Pawlyn and Steven Carnaby.
Contributors: Pawlyn, Jillian.; Carnaby, Steven.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405151702
Subjects: People with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation; Learning disabilities -- Nursing; Mentally Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation; Evidence-Based Medicine; Learning Disorders -- nursing; Mentally Disabled Persons -- psychology; Quality of Life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Quality of life: people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities / Katja Petry & Bea Maes; title: Supporting a person with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities to maintain their health : a parent carer & support team experience / Jan Roast, Katie Hickson & Sarah King; title: Making sense of communication / Karen Bunning; title: Promoting the emotional well-being of people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities : a holistic approach through intensive interaction / Melanie Nind; title: Achieving & maintaining health / Jillian Pawlyn; title: Clinical assessment of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities / Steven Carnaby; title: Mental health problems and people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities / Steven Carnaby; title: Epilepsy : implications for people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities / Mary Codling & Nicky MacDonald; title: Sight is might : vision and vision impairment in people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities / Gill Levy; title: Hearing and aural health / Laura Waite; title: Respiratory health of people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities / Colin Wallis; title: Dental care and oral health / Pauline Watt-Smith; title: Dysphagia & people with profound intellectual & multiple disabilities / Hannah Crawford; title: Nutrition, hydration, and weight / Sian Burton, Sue Cox & Sue M. Sandham; title: Achieving continence / Jillian Pawlyn & Shirley Budd; title: Mobility, posture, and comfort / Sarah Hill & Liz Goldsmith.