PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES Nursing Complex Needs Children and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) are among the most marginalised people in society. They have some of the highest support needs and are most reliant on services. This accessible and practical text presents and promotes current best practice regarding interventions to meet the complex health needs of a person with profound and multiple learning disabilities. Divided into two sections, Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities first looks at assessing complex needs, exploring topics such as communication, maintaining health, and quality of life. Part two then discusses meeting complex needs, looking at topics such as mental health problems, epilepsy, vision impairment, aural health, respiratory health, nutrition, and dysphagia. KEY FEATURES: Examines current theory and practice in supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and/or complex needs Identifies the key knowledge and skills required by learning disability nurses and other health care professionals Provides evidence-based best-practice guidelines about caring for people with PMLD Offers insights into parent carer and professional carer experiences
Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Section 1 Assessing Complex Needs. Chapter 1 Introduction ( Jillian Pawlyn and Steven Carnaby). Chapter 2 Quality of Life: People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Katja Petry and Bea Maes). Chapter 3 Supporting a Person with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities to Maintain Their Health: A Parent Carer and Support Team Experience ( Jan Roast, Katie Hickson and Sarah King). Chapter 4 Making Sense of Communication ( Karen Bunning). Chapter 5 Promoting the Emotional Well-being of People with Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities: A Holistic Approach through Intensive Interaction ( Melanie Nind). Chapter 6 Achieving and Maintaining Health ( Jillian Pawlyn). Chapter 7 Clinical Assessment of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Steven Carnaby). Section 2 Meeting Complex Needs. Chapter 8 Mental Health Problems and People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Steven Carnaby). Chapter 9 Epilepsy: Implications for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Mary Codling and Nicky MacDonald). Chapter 10 'Sight Is Might': Vision and Vision Impairment in People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Gill Levy). Chapter 11 Hearing and Aural Health ( Laura Waite). Chapter 12 Respiratory Health of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Colin Wallis). Chapter 13 Dental Care and Oral Health ( Pauline Watt-Smith). Chapter 14 Dysphagia and People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities ( Hannah Crawford). Chapter 15 Nutrition, Hydration and Weight ( Sian Burton, Susan Cox and Sue M. Sandham). Chapter 16 Continence ( Jillian Pawlyn and Shirley Budd). Chapter 17 Mobility, Posture and Comfort ( Sarah Hill and Liz Goldsmith). Chapter 18 Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: Meeting Complex Needs through Complex Means ( Steven Carnaby and Jillian Pawlyn). Index.
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