Bridges Help Us to Cross the Boundaries Authors - Ní Riain and G. Bourke St.Michael's House

Issued on October 4 2019

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Bridges Help Us to Cross the Boundaries

Ní Riain¹ and G. Bourke²

¹St. Michael's House Intellectual Disability Services, Ireland; ²St. Michaels House, Ireland

Introduction: St. Michael's House Services (SMH), provide residential, respite, day and schools community services based across Dublin to over 1700 people with intellectual disability (ID). In 2017, a clinical nurse specialist (CNSp) hospital liaison nurse commenced with improving integration and coordination of care for service users accessing acute hospital care settings. This is an emerging role in Ireland for people with an ID.