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Who is at Risk? Adults with Intellectual Disability at Risk of Admission to Mental Health Inpatient Care
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Marianne Durand; Rajan Nathan; Sophie Holt; Sharleen Nall-Evans; Ceri Woodrow – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: NHS England's "Transforming Care" agenda aims to reduce the number of adults with intellectual disabilities and autistic adults in mental health hospitals. The aim was to understand the demographic and clinical characteristics of those most at risk of admission. Method: A cohort, retrospective study of adults using community…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Adults, Mental Health, Health Services
Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions and Discharges of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Time Series Analysis of English National Data
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Langdon, Peter E.; Thompson, Paul A.; Shepstone, Lee; Perez-Olivas, Gisela; Melvin, Clare L.; Barnoux, Magali; Alexander, Regi; Roy, Ashok; Devapriam, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: We examined whether a series of variables were related to the number of psychiatric inpatients using publicly available data about English psychiatric bed utilisation and NHS workforce. Method: Using linear regression, with auto-regressive errors, we examined relationships between variables over time using data from December 2013 to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatry, Patients
Characteristics Associated with Frequent Health System Use by Australian Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Cohort Study
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Song, Menghuan; Ware, Robert S.; Doan, Tan N.; Harley, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: In a cohort of adults with intellectual disability who were followed for up to 16-years, we investigated characteristics associated with frequent emergency department (ED) presentations, hospitalisation, and psychiatric care. Method: Community-dwelling adults with intellectual disability residing in Queensland, Australia, were followed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Individual Characteristics
Stories of People Who Have Attended a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Support Group in a Secure Intellectual Disability Service
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Tallentire, Liz; Smith, Matthew; David, Lee; Roberts, Adam; Bruce; Morrow, Sarah; Withers, Paul; Smith, Ian – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: This research is about people who have intellectual disabilities and live in a secure hospital. It is about a group of people who meet at a support group. The support group is for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Methods: These people with intellectual disabilities helped with planning, doing, and telling other…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups, Personal Narratives
Identification and Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Reduction in Seclusion and Restraint for a Population with Intellectual Disability
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Larue, Caroline; Goulet, Marie-Hélène; Prevost, Marie-Josée; Dumais, Alexandre; Bellavance, Jacques – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: A cohort of 11 patients with an intellectual disability and a psychiatric diagnosis present severe behavioural disorders in psychiatric hospital of Quebec in 2009. Control-measure use for this clientele has now been reduced. How do management personnel, families and care teams explain the changes? What clinical interventions did…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Patients, Clinical Diagnosis, Behavior Problems
"We Have to Be Satisfied with the Scraps": South African Nurses' Experiences of Care on Adult Psychiatric Intellectual Disability Inpatient Wards
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Capri, Charlotte; Buckle, Chanellé – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Migrating nursing labour inadvertently reinforces South Africa's care drain, contributes to a global care crisis and forces us to reconsider migration motivation. This paper highlights issues that complicate psychiatric intellectual disability nursing care and identifies loci for change in an attempt to redress this care challenge.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Nurses
People with Intellectual Disabilities in Out-of-Area Specialist Hospitals: What Do Families Think?
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Bonell, Simon; Ali, Afia; Hall, Ian; Chinn, Deborah; Patkas, Ioannis – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Little has been published regarding the views of family members of people with intellectual disabilities who are being cared for in out-of-area psychiatric hospitals. This study explores this area with specific reference to whether culturally appropriate services were being provided. Materials and Methods: Sixteen family members were…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychiatric Hospitals, Family (Sociological Unit), Patients