These fears may be compounded when the person coming into hospital already has other needs, such as a mental health condition, dementia, or a learning disability. Such conditions can affect the person's perceptions or understanding of hospital experiences.
Learning Disabilities Made Clear is an award-winning set of tools, commissioned by Health Education England (HEE), to help those in health and social care understand the needs of people with learning disabilities.
The toolkit brings together a range of resources to promote understanding about what it’s like to live with a learning disability, allowing healthcare professionals to adjust the care they deliver and help people with a learning disability accesses the services they need.
The toolkit is available for free from the HEE website - http://bit.ly/1RQ4m77