Practical Guide to Supporting People with Epilepsy

Rebecca Case qualified as a learning disability nurse in 1997. She has worked with people with learning disabilities and adults and children with epilepsy and other medical conditions. She is currently an epilepsy specialist nurse for the Roald Dahl Marvellous Children’s Charity and Portsmouth Hospitals. She is an independent nurse prescriber and has Masters level qualifications in advanced diagnosis, history taking and physical examination. She has published a number of times and lectures regularly.  Sinead Blake qualified as a learning disability nurse in 2008. She has worked with both children and adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy. She is currently working in a regional centre supporting adults with complex epilepsy, in a surgical and neurological capacity. Sinead has additional qualifications in epilepsy management, independent nurse prescribing and neurosciences.

• Chapter 1What is epilepsy?. Chapter 2Seizures. Chapter 3 Medication. Chapter 4 Treatments. Chapter 5Emergency Medication. Chapter 6Assistive Technology. Chapter 7Lifestyle. Chapter 8Risk assessment. Chapter 9 Managing risk. Chapter 10Special Patient GroupsChildren, Teenagers, Women, Learning Disabilities, Elderly. Chapter 11Self HelpMemory. Chapter 12Care Planning