🟡 MODULE 1: Understanding Disability in Healthcare
🧠 What is Disability?
A disability may affect:
- Movement
- Communication
- Thinking
- Daily living
📋 WHO Definition (Simple)
A disability is:
A condition that limits a person’s ability to do everyday activities.
⚠️ Important Types
- Physical disability
- Learning disability
- Sensory disability
- Mental health conditions
🧩 Common Nursing Concerns
From clinical nursing assessment models:
- Mobility problems
- Risk of falls
- Low self-esteem
- Communication difficulties
- Risk of abuse
(Aligned with disability nursing care planning approaches shown in nursing education materials )
🧑⚕️ MODULE 2: Nursing Assessment
🩺 What Nurses Must Assess
🗣️ Communication
- Can the person speak?
- Do they use symbols or gestures?
🧠 Mental State
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Confusion
🚶 Physical Ability
- Walking
- Balance
- Self-care
⚠️ Safety Risks
- Falls
- Neglect
- Abuse
🧩 Key Principle
👉 Always adapt assessment to the person—not the other way around.
📝 MODULE 3: Nursing Diagnoses
🧠 Common Nursing Diagnoses
- Self-care deficit
- Impaired mobility
- Low self-esteem
- Powerlessness
- Risk of falls
- Anxiety
⚠️ Important Idea
Many behaviours may be linked to:
- Pain
- Fear
- Communication barriers
Not just disability.
🛡️ MODULE 4: Nursing Care Planning
📋 Care Plan Goals
- Increase independence
- Improve safety
- Support communication
- Reduce distress
🧩 Interventions
🚶 Mobility
- Walking aids
- Physiotherapy
💬 Communication
- Easy Read
- Picture boards
🧠 Mental Health
- Emotional support
- Calm environments
🛡️ Safety
- Fall prevention
- Monitoring risks
🔄 Review
Care plans must be:
- Updated
- Individualised
- Person-led
🗣️ MODULE 5: Communication in Nursing Care
💬 Key Skills
- Active listening
- Patience
- Clear speech
- Non-verbal awareness
🧩 Communication Tools
- Easy Read
- Symbols
- Gestures
- Communication passports
⚠️ Common Problem
Misunderstanding communication can lead to:
- Wrong diagnosis
- Missed symptoms
- Poor care
🧠 Key Principle
👉 Behaviour is communication.
🧠 MODULE 6: Mental Health + Disability
💬 Common Conditions
- Depression
- Anxiety Disorder
- Schizophrenia
⚠️ Key Challenge
People with disabilities may:
- Be misdiagnosed
- Have symptoms ignored (diagnostic overshadowing)
🛠️ Good Practice
- Listen carefully
- Take symptoms seriously
- Do not assume behaviour is “normal for disability”
🛡️ MODULE 7: Safety, Abuse & Safeguarding
⚠️ Risks
- Physical abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Financial abuse
- Neglect
🧠 Safeguarding Means
- Protecting people
- Reporting concerns
- Acting early
🚨 Nursing Responsibility
👉 Nurses must always escalate concerns.
🧑⚕️ MODULE 8: Person-Centred Care
🌟 What It Means
- The person leads their care
- Their choices matter
- Their voice is respected
🧩 Core Values
- Dignity
- Respect
- Independence
- Inclusion
❌ Not Person-Centred
“Do it this way because we always do.”
✅ Person-Centred
“What matters to you?”
🏥 MODULE 9: Nursing Care Outcomes
🎯 Goals of Care
- Better health
- More independence
- Improved communication
- Reduced hospital risk
🧠 Key Idea from Nursing Education Guidance
Healthcare must:
- Reduce inequality
- Improve communication
- Include disability in all training
🖥️ POWERPOINT (FULL TRAINING SLIDES)
🎓 Slide 1
Nursing Care of People with Disabilities
Slide 2
What is disability?
Slide 3
Assessment in nursing
Slide 4
Communication support
Slide 5
Mental health and disability
Slide 6
Care planning
Slide 7
Patient safety
Slide 8
Safeguarding
Slide 9
Person-centred care
Slide 10
Key message: Every person matters
📝 WORKSHEET
✏️ Activity 1
Match the support:
- Communication → Easy Read
- Mobility → Walking aids
- Anxiety → Calm support
✏️ Activity 2
A person cannot speak but is distressed.
👉 What do you do?
✏️ Activity 3
Why is person-centred care important?
🎓 QUIZ
1. What is a learning disability?
Difficulty understanding or learning skills
2. Name one communication tool
Easy Read / symbols
3. What is safeguarding?
Protecting people from harm
4. True or False:
Behaviour can show distress
✔ True
🟡 EASY READ SUMMARY
🧠 Good Care Means:
- Listening
- Respect
- Clear communication
- Safety
- Individual support
⚠️ Important
People with disabilities can still have:
- Heart attacks
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Diabetes
Never ignore symptoms.
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