An update about the service needs of people with learning disabilities who are dying.
A briefing on the Today and Tomorrow report, which focussed on inclusion, health and older family carers, where people are living with dementia, Down's Syndrome and terminal illness.
This report explores the mental health service needs of young people with learning disabilities. Young people with learning disabilities experience the same range of mental health problems as other young people but are at higher risk of developing such problems, especially at times of stress and change.
The Older Family Carers Initiative has produced these guidelines to provide useful good practice information and ideas for supporting older family carers. They are intended as a tool to help Learning Disability Partnership Boards, commissioners and frontline workers reflect on the way that older family carers are supported in their area.
Part of the GOLD programme, this is an update into people with learning disabilities, their friendships, their aspirations and how they spend their time.
People with Down's Syndrome have a very high risk of developing dementia at an early age. This project set out to develop a psychosocial assessment to assist the identification of dementia among this group of people.
This update reports on the work of the Sharing Caring Project (SCP) which works in partnership with the Asian Disability Project (ADP) looking at the issue of support for older family carers of people with learning disabilities from the Pakistani Community.
This update examines how recent Government policies may influence the diagnosis, treatment and care of young people with learning disabilities aged 13 to 25 who have mental health problems.
The update reports on an action research project which aimed to identify how best to support older family carers and their relatives with learning disabilities plan for a transition from living together in the family home.
This report project was undertaken by Michelle McCarthy and Lorraine Millard as part of the Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) programme at the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. The purpose of the research was to investigate what women with learning disabilities understand about menopause, how they experienced it and what support they needed and received.
