Cognitive impairment
Alternative labels
Cognitive disability
Report
Report on public hearing 10: Education and training of health professionals in relation to people with cognitive disability
This report makes 9 findings and 12 recommendations in relation to the education and training of health professionals across Australia including nurses, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists and speech pathologists.
Report
Improving the regulation of restrictive practices in Queensland: a way forward
This paper argues that regulations that authorise and monitor the use of restrictive practices should encourage minimal usage of restrictive practices, provide conditions for their use, include safeguards and protections for those people on whom they are used, and contain clear guidance for those who use them.
Journal article
Parental strategies that support adults with intellectual disabilities to explore decision preferences, constraints and consequences
This study is part of a program of research about the experiences of receiving decision support by adults with cognitive disabilities and of supporters in giving support.
Report
‘For my safety’: experiences of technology-facilitated abuse among women with intellectual disability or cognitive disability
This research explores experiences of technology-facilitated abuse among women living with intellectual or cognitive disability. The findings are based on interviews with women with intellectual or cognitive disability and frontline workers who provide support services.
Report
Responding to complaints from people with impaired capacity
This audit finds that neither the Office of the Public Guardian nor the Public Trustee of Queensland had properly designed their complaints management systems for people with impaired capacity.