Monday 2 March 2015

Disabilities, health problems and stress.

As a Learning Disability nurse you are not be responsible for what goes on in your patient's life but you're concern is whatever is going on how it's affect your patient's mainly when they have disabilities and health problems. Even the elderly and children are vulnerable to everyday life issues as much as people with disabilities and health problems are. These people can very easily become emotional from such issues for eg; from someone they know who's died to a relationship break up. This only an example this could be someone having lost their benefits or anything at all that someone may need a lot of support to sort these problems out. Now there are a lot of cuts on certain services that deal with these issues people aren't getting as much help as what they should do or and used to. All the same those everyones' situation is different and I don't think most people will be paying you a visit unless it is really necessary. As you may well be aware already from when I was doing the benefit cut awareness with the lack of help and support there is out there for people now, it can drive many people to suicide mainly if no one and nowhere is helping with important issues to a point a person is in a complete mess.

How can you help?       Gps are not trained  as much as hospital doctors and nurses are. You should be able to see how the person looks, seems and how the person is worrying about whatever the situation it  is. Therefore if you see a good reason to why that person needs help with whatever it is, then you need to be writing proof to why, how and everything else.For eg; due to whatever disability or and health reasons they either shouldn't working wherever, not at all.

Different websites about disabilities and health problems.
  http://web.jhu.edu/disabilities/faculty/types_of_disabilities/etc.ttps://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/stress http://www.buzzle.com/articles/disabilities/   http://sped.wikidot.com/physical-disabilities
http://www.healthyplace.com/neurodevelopmental-disorders/intellectual-disability/types-of-intellectual-disabilities-list-and-examples/ http://goo.gl/forms/56XYXJdmQM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2991767/Woman-half-UK-s-married-s-Syndrome-couple-dies.html


Now I will list some disabilities and health problems stress can affect.


  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • ADHD
  • Epilepsy
  • Diabetes
  • General learning disabilities
  • Physical disabilities
  • Mental disabilities
  • Dyslexia
  • Dyspraxia
  • Autism
Some things people could worry about.


  •  Health 
  • Losing their benefits
  • Losing their homes
  • Bills
  • Rent
  • Council tax
  • Finding work and how they could be in work
  • Education
  • Family/ parents/ Grandparents/ children
  •  Friendships/ Relationships
  • Not able to look after themselves without support
  • Owing money they can't affront to pay back


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