Overview
- Presents an evidence-based material to support for individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families
- Offers a multidisciplinary and international perspective for nurses, allied health and social care professionals
- Provides didactic elements: learning outcomes, reader activities, key points and case study vignettes
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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From Adulthood to Older Age
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Integrating Health and Social Perspectives
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About this book
This textbook provides nurses, allied health and social care professionals with the background knowledge necessary to support individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. It is a unique and viable resource which is particularly timely, as recent decades have seen a significant change in the demographics and associated care and support needs of this population.
The textbook is laid into four sections to provide a logical structure for the content with chapters developing key topic areas relevant to the field.
The introductory section sets the overall context for the book and considers the importance of developing an understanding of intellectual disability as a core concept identifying philosophies and models of service that underpin health and social care across the lifespan. Communication as a basis for caring and the overall concept of person-centred caring in a multidisciplinary context is considered. The second section explores key concepts from birth to adulthood exploring the nature of intellectual disability, the child with intellectual disability and other related neurodevelopmental conditions. The third section explores adulthood to older age and considers specific health care needs, understanding behaviour and other fundamental concepts including mental health, ageing and palliative care. The fourth and final section explores the integration of health and social care addressing such issues as supporting and enabling families, education, employment, and sexuality and relationships. Edited by experienced and widely respected professionals, this textbook is written by international practitioners, educators and researchers who all play critical roles in working with individuals with intellectual disability and their families.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Carmel Doyle, PhD MSc BSc PgDip CHSE RNT RNID RCN, is an Assistant Professor in Nursing and currently Head of Intellectual Disability Nursing at Trinity College. Her research and teaching reflects her interest in the areas of intellectual disabilities and children’s nursing. She has clinical experience in both areas and has been in higher education for 18 years. Her specific area of experience is in the care of children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities and complex care needs. She has completed several funded research projects in the field adopting a variety of research methods. She has collaborated with key stakeholders and has developed a strong network with national disability service providers. She has several publications and has also received funding nationally and internationally. She has completed a PhD in the field of ‘giving medicines’ to children with intellectual disability. Her research-based commitments include supervision of students undertaking research to PhD level. She is co- chair of a health service provider research ethics committee, has completed external examiner roles at other Universities and is also an educational consultant for Special Olympics Ireland. She has published internationally and is a co-author of the book Intellectual Disability Nursing: An Oral History Project, Emerald Publishing (2020). As Head of intellectual disability nursing, she leads on developments in the discipline and sector from both education, policy development and research perspectives.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Intellectual Disabilities: Health and Social Care Across the Lifespan
Editors: Fintan Sheerin, Carmel Doyle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27496-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27495-4Published: 20 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27496-1Published: 19 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 254
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Learning Disabilities Nursing, Nursing, Education, general, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology