What is it about?
Young adults with intellectual disabilities and complex health conditions will transition from child to adults health services and there are important contributions required from registered nurses as part of the process.
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Why is it important?
The population of people with intellectual disabilities is changing rapidly, with young people with increasingly complex needs surviving into adulthood and requiring transition from child to adult health services.
Perspectives
Registered nurses have a key role in providing information and support, along with coordinating care at the time of transition from child to adult health services for young adults with complex intellectual disabilities. It is vital that their input is person‐centred and responds effectively to the expert knowledge of family carers, while at the same time ensuring their needs for information and support are also addressed.
Professor Michael Brown
Queen's University Belfast
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This page is a summary of: Transition from child to adult health services: A qualitative study of the views and experiences of families of young adults with intellectual disabilities, Journal of Clinical Nursing, October 2019, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15077.
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