Mike Clark considers some of the challenges of organisational co-production revealed by a study on social prescribing for people living with dementia.
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How to balance the need to discharge a duty of care with the need to promote and support autonomy is a key question for those involved in supporting people with learning disabilities.
Here, Victoria Smillie looks at a qualitative study that used in depth interviewing of a small sample of supported people and paid supporters to identify and further explore these challenges.
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In this blog, Sarah Carr examines a systematic review into the psychosocial factors that help and hinder mental health recovery and discusses implications for policy.
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In her debut blog, Jane Greenstock considers research on how community arts programmes such as singing clubs may contribute to prevention for older people.
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Affect attunement has been described in the literature as reflecting back emotions and feelings projected by a person in order to create a connection.
Here Paul Barnard looks at a paper exploring ways in which support workers might be using this approach in their work with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
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People with learning disabilities are more at risk of developing diabetes, but how prepared are learning disability nurses to support them?
Here, Paula Hopes looks at a pre- and post- test evaluation on a one-day workshop focusing on this very issue.
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John Baker summarises the REFOCUS RCT, which looks at supporting recovery in psychosis patients through care by community-based adult mental health teams.
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In 1999, the law in Norway governing the use of physical intervention was changed with the aim of reducing and restricting their use.
Here, Rachel Allen looks at some research that set out to find out what has happened since the change in the law.
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In his second blog on community treatment orders, Ian Cummins looks at a UK study on user, carer and practitioner perspectives and critiques the policy.
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Epilepsy affects approximately 22% of people with learning disabilities, compared to approximately 1% of the general population.
Here, Silvana Mengoni looks at a systematic review of the literature investigating mortality in people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
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