Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
In this tutorial you will learn:
- About Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD)
- About the challenges faced by those with PMLD
- How the experience of disability can often be linked to socioeconomic factors
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Focus on…Multiple health conditions’ by the British Heart Conditions
- ‘Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions’ by NICE
- ‘Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management’ by NICE
- ‘Top Tips for supporting and meeting the needs of people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD)’, produced by the NHS Midlands and East.
- ‘About profound and multiple learning disabilities’ by Mencap
- ‘The Carousel Project’ by the University of Nottinghamshire
- ‘Managing patients with multimorbidity in primary care’ by the BMJ
- ‘Multimorbidity’ by the World Health Organisation
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to access the Disability Awareness Toolkit, which was produced by Team Access at the University of Hawaii.
- Click the icon to access chapter 3 of the World Health Organisation’s report on disability which has a section on understanding the health of people with disabilities. This resource offers first-hand experiences of people with disabilities and discusses the health needs associated with different conditions.
- Click the icon to access the website of Scope, a charitable organisation that aspires to change society for the better by challenging attitudes and providing support to individuals and families who experience physical disability.
- Click to read ‘Students With Multiple Disabilities’ on the Very Well website.
- Click to read ‘Supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities’ by PMLD Link.
- Click to read ‘NICE guidelines on treating multiple health conditions in a single patient supported by a unique online self-management resource’ on the University of Manchester website.
- Click to read ‘Long-term conditions and multi-morbidity’ on The King’s Fund website.
- Think And Challenge
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