Author Archives: «Gerald M»

Introduction: The role of nursing is an essential element in any therapeutic process which allows the patient and their families also to have physical and psychological relief. This relief is provided through the practices implied by them. These practices are based on the psycho-social theories and effective communication which is considered to have the potential…

Heather Whitestone, who is most famous for becoming Miss America’s first winner to have a disability in 1995, is profoundly deaf. However, it hasn’t prevented her from reaching her dreams and spreading awareness about the deaf community during her time as Miss America and beyond that. Not only does she display beauty, she displays compassion…

Identifying and meeting the needs of the individual client Annie Mc Donald Client One Social isolation Client Profile Mary is an 85 year old female. Mary is currently in the nursing home now for 6 months. Mary had to stay in care when she came dependant on 24-hour care. Mary lived in the country with…

C1 (4.1) Explain how the health and social care practitioner supports individuals with learning disabilities to overcome barriers. Work within policies and procedures Healthcare practitioner should support individual with learning disabilities to overcome the barriers they should work with the policies and procedures it allow them to understand what they should do when they are…

Abstract This study assesses Disabled People’s access to productive resources. Specifically, the study examines the constraints to people living with disability (PLWD access to productive resources and proposes an effective strategy to address the constraints. One hundred and five respondents that belong to physically challenged associations were interviewed by structured interview schedule. Data analyses were…

Part I: The basis of the definition of the term mentally retarded can be found as far back as 1941 when Edgar Doll outlined six elements in which he used to classify mental retardation: (1) Social incompetence, (2) due to mental sub-normality, (3) which has been developmentally arrested, (4) which obtains at maturity, (5) is…

Explain the meaning of centrality This is the ability of an individual being in the centre of his/her care provision. Explain the importance of recognising the centrality of an individual rather than the disability It is important one recognises the individuality of a person to help improvement their self-confidence and self-esteem and to make ascertain…

Essay Title: A critical examination of the Learning Disability Nurse (LDN) role in supporting an individual/young people with epilepsy and learning disabilities. Introduction This study examined epilepsy in young people, since the disorder remains a major chronic neurologic disease and affects many of the population between childhood and old age (Smeets et al., 2007). However,…

“In recent years there has been … a significant shift in the definition of disability from a medical orientation … to a socio-political perspective” (Hahn 1997, 172). In a context of equality, describe and evaluate significant differences between medical and social models of disabilities. In my essay I will discuss the movement from the medical…

Balance disability is common after stroke. The aims of this study were to investigate the frequency of balance disability; to characterize different levels of disability; and to identify demographics, stroke pathology factors, and impairments associated with balance disability. The subjects studied were 75 people with a first-time anterior circulation stroke; 37 subjects were men, the…