Autism
Autism is a lifelong neurological difference in how individuals approach social communication, social interaction and social imagination. There are many…
Health
People with a learning disability are living longer, yet they are still dying 20 years younger than the rest of the population. It is well known that people with a learning disability are more likely to live with other health conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, dementia and dysphasia.
Ensuring we keep our Promise of supporting each individual to feel good about themselves and to stay safe and healthy is extremely important to us at MacIntyre.
We have taken considerable steps to ensuring good health and wellbeing for the people we support. This has involved:
- Making health recording more robust and accessible to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses can be given by health professionals
- Having health information in an Easy Read format to help the people we support understand their health and changing health needs
- Creating resources and documentation to upskill staff in all areas of health
Industry resources
MacIntyre is also actively involved in reviewing and contributing to key industry resources, publications and best practice guidelines. Examples include:
- VODG resource: Preparing to visit the doctor
- VODG focus on tackling health inequalities
- Public Health England report on Learning Disability and Dementia Reasonable Adjustments
- Dementia Friends information session resource for adults with learning disabilities
MacIntyre resources
Health recording is a big focus of our health agenda at MacIntyre. In 2016, we undertook a review of what we currently record about a person we support and how much of this relates to their health. We have since produced documents and removed duplication to enable our staff and the person to better record a person’s health and changing needs.
The Health Calendar, also known as the Anticipatory Care Calendar produced by the Innovation Agency, a stream of the NHS in the North West, is a key tool which all of our staff use to capture a person’s baseline in regards to their health and wellbeing and is a great tool in daily recording of health changes. We know this will support a person with receiving a timely diagnosis of any condition, which is one of our key objectives.
More about our approach
Co-production
We know that we can’t make decisions about a person’s support, staffing changes or new activities without involving them and understanding what is important…
Communities
We know that good things happen when we connect with others around us. Our Everyone Everywhere approach is about making these connections a more intentional…
Death and Dying
The ‘Dying to Talk’ pilot project will enable us to help people we support, their families and MacIntyre staff understand and feel supported talking about…
Employment
At MacIntyre, we believe that every person with a learning disability should have the opportunity to work.
Families
MacIntyre was established by the parents of a disabled child in 1966 for all people with a learning disability to live a life that makes sense to them.
Intensive Interaction
Intensive Interaction is an approach to interacting with and teaching early communication and interaction skills to people who do not find it easy communicating…
Person Centred Approaches
Providing person centred support means always listening, learning and focusing on what is important to and for someone, now and in the future.
Positive Behaviour Support
A Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approach involves focusing on improving a person’s quality of life and understanding the reasons behind any behaviours.
Resources
Here you will find a variety of resources covering issues around health, wellbeing, end of life and other topics
Safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding of the children, young people and adults we support across the organisation and encourage openness and transparency.
We are More Than A Provider
MacIntyre is one of six not-for-profit organisations that are calling for change in social care. Together we are known as More Than A Provider.
Have you seen our resources?
As part of sharing our expertise we created a number of resources.
These include: guides, posters, leaflets, case studies and much more.
These include: guides, posters, leaflets, case studies and much more.