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:
MacIntyre is also actively involved in reviewing and contributing to key industry resources, publications and best practice guidelines. Examples include:
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.
Autism is a lifelong neurological difference in how individuals approach social communication, social interaction and social imagination. There are many…
We believe that everyone, irrespective of the complexity of his or her needs, wants to and does communicate.
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…
We have expertise in supporting people with dementia or at risk of developing dementia.
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.
Great Interactions are based on 10 facilitation skills, including touch, warmth, eye contact and creativity, which when used well result in good outcomes…
At MacIntyre we are committed to achieving excellence with our health and safety practices.
Intensive Interaction is an approach to interacting with and teaching early communication and interaction skills to people who do not find it easy communicating…
It is estimated that 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability.
Providing person centred support means always listening, learning and focusing on what is important to and for someone, now and in the future.
A Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approach involves focusing on improving a person’s quality of life and understanding the reasons behind any behaviours.
We are committed to the safeguarding of the children, young people and adults we support across the organisation and encourage openness and transparency.
MacIntyre is at the forefront of supporting people to move from long stay hospitals, inpatient facilities and assessment and treatment units back into…
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…