Learning Disability
The assignment will focus on a 45 year old lady of Asian origin who has a mild learning disability. She also suffers from type 2 Diabetes and Bipolar affective disorder. The assignment will explain the nature of her learning disability and explore how Bio-Psycho-Social factors have influenced her life. The role of her learning disability nurse in supporting her needs through a person-centred planning approach will also be analysed. The assignment will also discuss with reference to the four key principals in valuing people (DOH, 2001) some of the challenges faced in supporting people with learning disability.
Service users’ information should be kept confidential, therefore for the purpose of the assignment, pseudonym will be used and the service user will be referred to as Lilly NMC, (2008)
Lilly suffers from a mild learning disability which was discovered at the age of six in school. She showed a developmental delay as she could not read or understand what was being taught. Learning Disability can be defined as 'A significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (Impaired Intelligence), a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning) and which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development DOH, (2001) There are about 1.2 million people with mild to moderate learning disabilities: they also tend to have higher rates of physical and mental health conditions and lower levels of provision of healthcare DOH,( 2007).
Lilly’s nature of learning disability is known to be intellectual developmental delay. This is usually observed between the ages of 6 to 8. During this period of growth, children develop the ability to understand perspectives or wishes of others and are able to think in rational ways. They understand that others may hold opinions and have feelings that differ from their own. Academically children around the age of six are ready to begin more complex tasks like reading,
Service users’ information should be kept confidential, therefore for the purpose of the assignment, pseudonym will be used and the service user will be referred to as Lilly NMC, (2008)
Lilly suffers from a mild learning disability which was discovered at the age of six in school. She showed a developmental delay as she could not read or understand what was being taught. Learning Disability can be defined as 'A significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (Impaired Intelligence), a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning) and which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development DOH, (2001) There are about 1.2 million people with mild to moderate learning disabilities: they also tend to have higher rates of physical and mental health conditions and lower levels of provision of healthcare DOH,( 2007).
Lilly’s nature of learning disability is known to be intellectual developmental delay. This is usually observed between the ages of 6 to 8. During this period of growth, children develop the ability to understand perspectives or wishes of others and are able to think in rational ways. They understand that others may hold opinions and have feelings that differ from their own. Academically children around the age of six are ready to begin more complex tasks like reading,