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Learning disabilities
Residential care
for adults
with learning disabilities
One of the most important things is that you have the right
attitude. This means treating people with learning disabilities as
people as individuals; people who have the right to be treated with
dignity and respect. In a nutshell this means treating people as
you would like to be treated yourself if you needed the same level
of care.
The work is really varied and interesting. It can mean providing
a full range of care to people who have physical disabilities,
mobility problems, hearing or visual problems and other needs as
well as their learning disability. The clients may need 24 hour
care and if so this is usually provided within a residential care
home. You would then be working as part of a staff team. The aim
would be to provide any necessary assistance to help the
individuals become as independent as possible. This could mean
anything from helping them to get a drink to going to the
cinema.