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Intellectual Disability

People with an intellectual disability can have significant healthcare needs and often multiple conditions. A person with an intellectual disability is at higher risk of physical and mental health conditions and chronic diseases.

By focusing on quality improvement activities in your practice, you can aim to ensure your clinicians and practice staff are able to provide support and offer patient-centred, comprehensive care to people with an intellectual disability.

Download resource: Change idea: Intellectual Disability (docx 129 KB)

Resources

Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)PDSA: Improve the recording of patients with an intellectual disability – Practice Connect (docx 119 KB)
PDSA: Improving the care for patients with an intellectual disability – Practice Connect (docx 118 KB)
PDSA: Improve annual health assessments for patients with and Intellectual Disability – Practice Connect (docx 113 KB)
Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS)MBS services flowchart – Services Australia (880KB)
E-Learning – MBS Supporting diagnosis, assessment – Services Australia
Comprehensive Health Assessment Program (CHAP)CHAP – Adult Health Assessment – DoHAC
CHAP – Young Person (12-18 yrs) Health Assessment – DoHAC
CHAP Patient appointment request template
Preparing for your yearly Health Assessment (pdf 361KB)
Preparing for your Health Assessment checklist (pdf 80KB)
Your Health Assessment Easy Read guide (800KB)
VideosVideo – Overarching: CHAP for people with intellectual disability
Video – How to complete Part 1 of the CHAP tool
Video – A GP lens on the CHAP tool
Video – Expert with lived experience talks about the CHAP tool
Reception Staff Training – Training by Aunty Jane and Sharon
Reception Toolkit (pdf 1MB)
Further InformationAnnual health assessment for people with intellectual disability | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Improving the implementation of annual health assessments for people with intellectual disability | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Digital toolsPolar Walkthrough – Find Uncoded diagnoses (Disability) (pdf 163KB)
GoShare share factsheets and videos digitally (license required)
HealthPathways, for clinicians, log in details required
Using HealthPathways to care for patients with an intellectual disability
SPIDAH project:
Clinical tools		Pharmacy Medications Template (Ex: antipsychotic med) (docx 1 MB)
Signs and Symptoms Tracker (docx 1 MB)
Signs and Symptoms Tracker (pdf 630 KB)
GP flowchart to support parents with intellectual disability during pregnancy and parenting (docx 6 MB)
Administration guidesAdd note to patient file – Pracsoft (pdf 112KB)
Add note to patient file – Best Practice (pdf 105KB)
Patient Information documents to support CarersAbout Me – Patient Profile (docx 102 KB)
Dental Information About Me – Patient Profile (docx 9MB)
Emergency Information About Me – Patient Profile (docx 110KB)
SPIDAH project:
Quality Improvement Framework		The SPIDAH Project further information
GP QI Framework Reporting template (4MB)
QI GP clinic case study (1MB)
Other ResourcesCouncil for Intellectual Disability
Charter Of Rights for Parents and Carers with disabilities involved with Child Protection in Victoria
Tailorable Easy Read health letters – Council for Intellectual Disability

Support

If you have any questions relating to Intellectual Disability, please contact our Primary Care Engagement Officers.

e. qi@westvicphn.com.au

t. 1300 176 271

Request a visit from your Primary Care Engagement Officer here.

Quality Improvement

Collaborate with WVPHN by telling us about your QI activity:

Our practice is undertaking this QI Activity
Our practice would like to share our PDSA/QI activity with WVPHN
Our practice would like to share our progress on this activity with other practices