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Death does not become us: the absence of death and dying in intellectual disability research
- Author:
- TODD Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.225-239.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The social issues of death, dying and bereavement represent important but neglected research areas, and such issues need attention both for practical reform and for deciphering what living with intellectual disability entails. The difficulties which life poses for people with intellectual disabilities may well persist in the times before and after death. As research issues they offer not only potential practical significance, but also a means of determining the social status and value of people with intellectual disabilities. This paper reviews the issues of death and dying from the viewpoint of sociological research and seeks to identify the ways death and dying have been treated within the research literature on living with intellectual disability. It is suggested that these issues have been discounted with some important consequences for the way intellectualdisability is perceived.
Later life planning training programme: a pre-test assessment in Israel
- Author:
- LIFSHITZ Hefziba
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 37(3/4), 2002, pp.87-103.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Data are provided on the outcome of an assessment on a knowledge of aging andfutures planning tool administered to 38 adults, age 40 and older, with an intellectual disability living in community residences in Israel. The subjects participated in the Later Life Planning Training Programme (LLPTP) which is designed to teach people with intellectual disability about later life planning issues, and increase their participation in choice making. Comparisons were made between two samples, one Israeli and one American. Differences were found on three areas of the LLPTP: Choice-making, Life Satisfaction, and Social Support.
Can we close the gap between valuing people and our service system?
- Author:
- O'BRIEN John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(4), 2002, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Asks whether the way in which services are provided can change sufficiently to support a person-centred approach, and deliver real changes in the lives of people with learning difficulties as set out in Valuing People.
My life: a person-centred approach to checking outcomes for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- CATTERMOLE Martin, BLUNDEN Roger
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Enables the user and carer to: find out about the quality of a person's life; assess and improve the quality of services run by a single organisation; take an overview of what life is really like for people with learning disabilities who use services; and to inform individual planning.
Using my life: a guide to conducting a Quality Network review
- Authors:
- CATTERMOLE Martin, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
This guide has been written to help people undertake a Quality Network Review. It is a guide to the resource material in 'My life: a person centred approach to checking outcomes for people with learning disabilities.
Facilitating future planning for ageing adults with intellectual disabilities using a planning tool that incorporates quality of life domains
- Authors:
- O'GRADY Kathy, CONCLIFFE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 37(3/4), 2002, pp.105-119.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
When ageing families of an adult with a lifelong disability embark on a process of planning for the future, they generally think in terms of making hard and fast decisions about where the person with the disability is going to live when “the time comes”; and who will take on their direct care. When ageing families do make plans, they often focus only a place to live. This can mean that other significant aspects of a person’s life (i.e., quality of life factors) are negated or neglected. Reviewing population demographics for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, it was ascertained that a sizable number of parents will be aging in the near future and that some formalised assistance for future planning was needed. To this end, a planning instrument, was developed in order to help families and other carers with planning for the future and involving a variety of quality of life domains, including health, financial, vocational, social, civil, and residential well-being.
Life members: women with intellectual disabilities and aging
- Author:
- WALSH Patricia Noonan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.121-135.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reviews some of the dilemmas faced by women with intellectual disabilities as they age and are trying to stake out a place in their communities. The article draws on recent testimony of older women themselves, their carers and advocates about optimal paths to healthy ageing. The author suggests that more flexible, individualized forms of support are likely to enhance the quality of longer lives and that supports for women with intellectual disabilities can be appraised in terms of efficacy in strengthening women's membership of their respective communities as they age. The author speaks to the implications for best practice on the part of professionals and othercarers who work with and support women as they age and proffers suggested research strategies for future women's studies.
Well, we’ve all got to get old haven’t we?:reflections of older people with intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 37(3/4), 2002, pp.7-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The findings of a qualitative study of the perceptions and experiences of a select group of aging older people with intellectual disabilities are reported. The study data were drawn from the collective responses of 242 questionnaires completed by a group of older people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their carers in the United Kingdom. The study was designed to provide qualitative insight into the lives of a select group of older adults from the vantage point of their perceptions and memories. Results suggest that the physical changes associated with aging do not appear to be a major concern for older people with ID. What is more of concern are other changes, only some of which are related to aging (such as, changes in the services and family circumstances).
Health, age, and gender: how do women with intellectual disabilities fare?
- Author:
- ANDERSON Deborah J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.137-159.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The 1994-1995 Disability Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey (administeredto a representative sample of the U.S. population) was analyzed for women age 30 and older with intellectual disabilities (ID), developmental disabilities (DD) or both, in order to describe their functioning as they aged in the community. Definitions of ID and DD consistent with professional and legal standards were developedand adapted to the NHIS-D questions. An estimated .56% of the approximately 77 million civilian, noninstitutionalized, women age 30 and older in the United States have one of these disabilities. Compared with women in general,women with these disabilities had negative perceptions of their health status, particularlywomen with DD and health indicators tended to support their perceptions. Most were independent in activities of daily living , but instrumental activities of daily living posed more of a callenge, and limitations in major activities were common as was a high rate of distress and psychosocial difficulties.
Use of group counseling to support aging-related losses in older adults with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- KESSEL Sholmo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.241-251.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
With the noted increase in life expectancy of persons with intellectual disabilities (ID), there is a need to provide more physical and psychological preparation for aging and support for these individuals in their middle-age and aging periods of life. It is known that age-related losses result in major stressors and that these can producechanges in the way that older adults think, feel or act. Therefore, having methods and tools to help individuals with ID prepare for and adjust to their losses is important. To address this, the Neve Natoa Residential Center in Israel initiated a group intervention program to test whether a group counseling method could be used to helpprepare adults for changes associated with aging. After ten sessions, an evaluation indicated a positive change of attitudes, improvement of self-esteem, and less extreme behavioural reactions in the period after the intervention.