Caregivers Blog Posts

• Staff in residential services recognise importance of setting communication goals to improve quality of life but lack consistent guidelines

  29 May 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Staff supporting people with challenging behaviour did not make or use consistent attributions about such behaviour in personal construct psychology study

  10 May 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Needs of carers and supporters must be acknowledged to ensure good support to bereaved people with learning disabilities

  08 May 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Five key elements of culture identified in underperforming teams supporting people with learning disabilities

  01 May 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Carers of people with Down syndrome and dementia need access to information, review processes and futures planning

  08 Apr 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Female family caregivers found to lack knowledge of need for breast and cervical screening for women with learning disabilities

  03 Apr 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Unclear definition, underreporting and lack of training see victims of disability hate crime let down by criminal justice system

  25 Mar 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Confidential Inquiry finds health and social care for people with learning disabilities deficient in a number of ways

  21 Mar 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Traditional gender stereotypes found in staff attitudes towards sexuality in people with learning disabilities

  08 Mar 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Family carers still at breaking point says Mencap report

  22 Feb 2013

  • John Northfield