An update of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on person with intellectual disability and their carers: a scoping review.

Background: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt by all groups in society and people with intellectual disability are especially vulnerable due to underlying conditions/health problems, multi-morbidity, limitations in understanding, frailty and social circumstances. This places people with intellectual disability, their families and carers at increased risk of stress and in need of support.

Objective: To update and chart the evidence of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disability, their families and carers reported within the research in 2021.

Grief experiences of nurses in Ireland who have cared for children with an intellectual disability who have died.

Background: The personal grief experience of nurses who have cared for children with an intellectual disability who have died is little understood.

Method: This descriptive qualitative study was initiated to ascertain nurses' knowledge and personal experience of grief and how this is managed. Semi-structured interview was the method used to collect data from eight nurses who had cared for a child with an intellectual disability who had died.