The OK way to keep track of clients' health needs
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An inability to fully express themselves can led to people with learning difficulties being overlooked in the area of health. The UK Department of Health has developed a straight forward set of guidelines to enable health professionals assess the health needs of a person with learning difficulties. The OK Health Check assesses 120 separate factors which require a simply yes or no answer from the patient. The test is easy to carry out and offers health professionals a quantitative method to assess patients needs.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Better health care and learning disability
Article Abstract:
The experiences of a health programme in Yorkshire, England, for those with learning disabilities are described. The programme has been successful at promoting better health services for these people.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
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