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‘If we are going to include them we have to do it before we die’: Norwegian seniors’ views of including seniors with intellectual disability in senior centres
- Authors:
- INGVALDSEN Anne Kristen, BALANDIN Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24(6), November 2011, pp.583-593.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The relatively recent increase in the number of aged persons with intellectual disabilities is challenging concepts of inclusion and participation. The aim of this study was to identify senior centre users’ views of the barriers and solutions to the inclusion of seniors with intellectual disability in community senior centres. Thirty seniors (mean age 75.7 years, 23 women) without intellectual disability participated in one of four focus groups. Data were analysed for major themes. These included benefits, perceptions of people with intellectual disability, barriers and solutions to inclusion, need for support and need for information. There appears to be agreement that seniors with intellectual disability could benefit from being a senior centre user. However consideration needs be given to this group’s need for assistance, staff education, economic resources and ways to overcome negative community attitudes towards people with intellectual disability.