Raphael Underwood summarises a recent systematic review looking at implementing family involvement in the treatment of patients with psychosis.
[read the full story...]Support staff question research findings, professional knowledge or training if not from directly working with service user in question
As you know, the Elf service exists to ensure that the best current knowledge is made available to support staff. It is possible to see from our tag cloud that we cover a good deal of material produced that relates to supporting people described as having challenging behaviour. We know that staff skills, competence and [read the full story…]
Pregnancy Support Pack can support better interactions between parents with learning disabilities and maternity services
Access to information about pregnancy is crucial for parents to be. For people with learning disabilities, faced with a variety of new choices to make, this is especially true. However, there is little information currently available about pregnancy for people with learning disabilities. As the number of women with learning disabilities becoming pregnant increases, it [read the full story…]
Involvement in risk management process wanted by majority of sample of people with learning disabilities
Risk management is an integral part of supporting people with learning disabilities. The researchers in this study were interested to look at the involvement of people in making decisions about risks in their lives. They wanted to look at the how staff considered the individual’s ability to assess the associated risks and make an informed [read the full story…]