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:

 

• Approaches for end-of-life care planning for people with learning disabilities.

• Resources to support this process (for example pictures, documents or videos).

• 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

• Researchers without learning disabilities

• Other people with learning disabilities

• Learning disability support staff

• A learning disability community nurse

• Family members of people with learning disabilities

• Other people who are involved in end-of-life care planning

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The co-design study has now been completed.

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You can see the resources the All Together Group developed and included in the toolkit on the TOOLKIT page. On 16th November 2023 we held a webinar to share the findings with you. Check out our WEBINAR page! We have also published an article in an academic journal called Health Expectations. You can find the article here.