Use of mealtime advice mats in special schools for children with learning disabilities.
Aim Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties can have serious outcomes for children and adults with learning disabilities. Carers must adhere to management guidelines about mealtime support, and multidisciplinary teams must ensure this happens. A one-page point of care tool summarising the guide...
| Publicado en: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 20 - 27 |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
3/21/2018
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