Learning Disability Partnership - community nurses
The community learning disability nurses help people with a learning disability have a healthy lifestyle and look after their body.
We can give you advice and support regarding long term conditions like:
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Constipation
Mental health
Dementia
We can also give you advice and support on keeping healthy including:
Diet
Exercise
Having an annual health check and visiting your GP
Support at medical appointments including hospital, dentist, blood tests, scans and surgery
We can help make sure your reasonable adjustments are recorded and followed by all.
We also work with people whose behaviour can be challenging.
We can look at reasons for the behaviour like pain or infection.
We can monitor medication.
We can help people stay in their own homes rather than go to mental health hospitals.
We provide specialist nursing assessments and care plans.
We provide training and awareness of the needs of people with a learning disability to the wider community including GP, dentist, schools and local facilities.
We can see you:
- at home
- at your day placement
- in your local community
- at our office
If you think a community learning disability nurse could help you please contact the local team.
