Orientation to caring for a patient with Intellectual Disability

A Carer and a clinician speak of access to health services for people with Intellectual Disability and family / carer. A Carer discusses how she works with health professionals, including GPs , to improve access for her adult son.

Video contents

1. Introduction 0:00
2. What issues do you see as affecting how a patient with ID can access healthcare? 1:19
3. How can we look at reducing these barriers to access? 4:37
4. Involving the patient/ carer in their care 6:06
5. Whole person approach to healthcare 6:59

Resources

• Carer Depression Checklist
• United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• NSW Family and Community Services (FACS)
• Accessing Health Services for people with Intellectual Disability
• National Disability Insurance Scheme
• NSW Health