ABOUT: Co-design
Click here for an easy read description of this part of the study.
In the third part of the study, we will bring together a team to look at what we have found in the first two parts of the study. This team will design a ‘toolkit’ that includes:
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Approaches for end-of-life care planning for people with learning disabilities.
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Resources to support this process (for example pictures, documents or videos).
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Training for learning disability support staff to help people with learning disabilities to plan for the end of life.
We will use a process called co-design to do this. This means people with different backgrounds and experiences coming together to find the best ways to do things. Our co-design team will include:
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Researchers with learning disabilities
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Researchers without learning disabilities
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Other people with learning disabilities
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Learning disability support staff
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A learning disability community nurse
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Family members of people with learning disabilities
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Other people who are involved in end-of-life care planning
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The co-design study has now been completed. The co-design group, renamed the All Together Group, developed three new resources for end-of-life care planning with people with learning disabilities:
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Let’s talk about funerals conversation-starter pictures
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My funeral planning cards
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When I’m ill thinking cards
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The Let's talk about funerals pictures were made in collaboration with Beyond Words. The My funeral and When I'm ill cards include illustrations by artist Grace Barnes.
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We are now writing up our findings into an article to be published in an academic journal. On 16th November 2023 we held a webinar to share the findings with you. Check out our WEBINAR page!