TY - JOUR
T1 - A 24-hour postural care service: Views, understanding and training needs of referring multidisciplinary staff
AU - Castle, Darren
AU - Stubbs, Brendon
AU - Clayton, Sarah
AU - Soundy, Andrew
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - AimsTo consider the views, understanding and training needs of members of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) around 24-hour postural care. These MDT members refer individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and postural care needs to a 24-hour postural care service.MethodsThis study used a mixed-methods approach, which was undertaken in two phases. The setting for this study was a community healthcare NHS trust in England, which refers patients to physiotherapy for PMLD. Phase 1 involved 57 members of the MDT including: psychologists, psychiatrists, community nurses, health facilitation nurses, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists. Phase 2 involved a purposive sample of 14 MDT members across three profession-specific focus groups.FindingsPhase 1 identified that around 50% of all MDT members refer to the 24-hour postural care service; the majority (75.4%) of these participants identified that they would be happy to receive more training on 24-hour postural care. Phase 2 suggested that while referrals were being made, MDT members were not able to identify why individuals should be referred to the 24-hour postural care service.ConclusionsThis study has revealed that MDT members working in a community trust within learning disability services were lacking an awareness of why individuals should be referred to 24-hour postural care. This study discusses the implications of this finding.
AB - AimsTo consider the views, understanding and training needs of members of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) around 24-hour postural care. These MDT members refer individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and postural care needs to a 24-hour postural care service.MethodsThis study used a mixed-methods approach, which was undertaken in two phases. The setting for this study was a community healthcare NHS trust in England, which refers patients to physiotherapy for PMLD. Phase 1 involved 57 members of the MDT including: psychologists, psychiatrists, community nurses, health facilitation nurses, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists. Phase 2 involved a purposive sample of 14 MDT members across three profession-specific focus groups.FindingsPhase 1 identified that around 50% of all MDT members refer to the 24-hour postural care service; the majority (75.4%) of these participants identified that they would be happy to receive more training on 24-hour postural care. Phase 2 suggested that while referrals were being made, MDT members were not able to identify why individuals should be referred to the 24-hour postural care service.ConclusionsThis study has revealed that MDT members working in a community trust within learning disability services were lacking an awareness of why individuals should be referred to 24-hour postural care. This study discusses the implications of this finding.
U2 - 10.12968/ijtr.2014.21.3.132
DO - 10.12968/ijtr.2014.21.3.132
M3 - Article
SN - 1741-1645
VL - 21
SP - 132
EP - 139
JO - International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
JF - International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
IS - 3
ER -