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Dementia, aging, and intellectual disabilities: a handbook
- Editors:
- JANICKI Matthew, DALTON Arthur
- Publisher:
- Brunner/Mazel
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 488p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
Outlines recent research on dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices are detailed. The biology and physiology of dementia, as well as the neurological and medical complications associated with it are described. The book also details the best practices available to meet the needs and challenges involved in care and quality of life issues.
Physical health of adults with intellectual disabilities
- Editors:
- PRASHER Vee, JANICKI Matthew
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 286p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
In common with the rest of the population, people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing increased longevity. Evidence suggests that mental health disorders may occur in up to half of all persons with intellectual disability and that these disorders accelerate significantly with age. Part one: prevalence and diagnosis; part two: treatments and interventions.