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Shared care in Sheffield
- Author:
- MILLER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.12.01, 2001, p.42.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a support scheme in Sheffield for family carers over the age of 70, who care for a person with learning difficulties. The scheme won the carers category at this year's Community Care awards.
Shifting responsibilities: the patterns of formal service use by older people with intellectual disability in Victoria
- Author:
- BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(3), September 1998, pp.229-243.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
As adults with intellectual disability age and inevitably lose support provided by parents, many will become more reliant on formal services. Potentially they can utilise both the aged care and the disability service systems, although neither have explicit policies in relation to this group. This qualitative study in Australia examined the patterns of service use by older people with intellectual disability.
Sister act
- Author:
- MARCHANT Catriona
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.1.94, 1994, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Although there are no accurate national statistics on ages of people with learning difficulties it is anticipated that the next 20 years will see a boom in the number of older people with learning difficulties. Because people are living longer, coming out of long-stay hospitals and outliving their carers it is getting increasingly important to provide services for older people with learning difficulties. Asks whether SSDs are prepared.
Care of elderly people with learning disabilities into 1992
- Author:
- COWARD Sandra
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 1(1), January 1992, pp.42-49.
Points out that elderly people with learning difficulties have very little access to services and until now have been an invisible minority, but that the policy of care in the community will increase awareness of their needs; outlines some of the services which will be required.
Activities with developmentally disabled elderly and older adults
- Editor:
- KELLER M. Jean
- Publisher:
- Haworth
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 166p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Papers focussing on the growing number of elders with developmental disabilities and how to effectively plan and deliver activities with them.
Demonstrating successful care in the community
- Editors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, KNAPP Martin
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 66p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
A series of papers from regional seminars held in 1987-1988 which discussed the 28 1983 DHSS Care in the Community Projects.
Moving home: social integration for adults with intellectual disabilities resettling into community provision
- Authors:
- AGER A., MYERS F., KERR P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(4), December 2001, pp.392-400.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present study examined levels of social integration for individuals resettling into community provision following the phased closure of Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh, UK, and the personal and service-related characteristics which were influential on such integration. The study sample comprised 76 out of 95 individuals consecutively discharged over a 19-month period. Post-move data were collected between 6 and 9 months after community resettlement. At this time, mean 'quality of life' scores, established using the Life Experiences Checklist (LEC), were broadly equivalent to those reported from previous reprovisioning studies in the UK. However, scores in the domains of Relationships and Freedom remained well below general population norms. A pre-move to post-move comparison across the domains of the LEC suggested that the greatest impact of reprovisioning was in the areas of physical quality of residential provision (with overall standards above general population norms) and personal freedoms. Index of Community Involvement (ICI) scores showed a general increase in community presence, although activities requiring a high degree of personal autonomy remained infrequent. Social contacts recorded through diaries suggested a heavy bias towards contacts with staff and other service users as opposed to general community contacts (e.g. neighbours and shop workers). On average, over half the time spent outwith the home was in specialist or segregated service settings. For 18 individuals, there were losses or no gains in community involvement pre-move to post-move. A majority of these individuals were elderly. These findings are discussed in the context of policy targeting community participation, and the need for strengthening service features which encourage higher levels of social integration.
Older persons with mental retardation/developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- PARKINSON Charlotte B., HOWARD Marilyn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 25(1/2), 1996, pp.91-103.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A relatively new population of persons who are both elderly and mentally retarded/developmentally disabled (MR/DD) is rapidly growing in the United States, as well as in many other countries. Describes this population, their service needs and how these are being addressed.
Future need of ageing people with an intellectual disability in the Republic of Ireland: lessons learned from the literature
- Authors:
- DOODY Catriona M., MARKEY Kathleen, DOODY Owen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(1), 2013, pp.13-21.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article synthesises current literature regarding ageing and service provision for people with an intellectual disability. It presents the context of intellectual disability in Ireland and ageing for people with intellectual disability in relation to increased longevity and service provision. Searches were conducted through electronic databases (EBSCO and CINAHL) retrieving literature published between 1980 and 2010. Computerised searches using the terms, ‘old age, aged, ageing, ageing, mortality, morbidity’, were used in conjunction with the terms ‘intellectual disability, mental handicap and mental retardation’. The review found that Ireland has and is seeing a dramatic change in the age profile of clients and the support services they require. While Ireland had specifically trained nurses in intellectual disability, they predominately work in residential settings. This can be seen as been at odds with the philosophy of supporting people with intellectual disability live at home with their family and the primary care system. As the ageing population is rising, intellectual disability services need to proactively develop and respond to this changing age profile by reviewing and adjusting the way in which they deliver services, not only in terms of how services develop and respond to a changing age profile but also in terms of collaborative working across all health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
The role of nurses in meeting the health care needs of older people with intellectual disabilities: a review of the published literature
- Author:
- JENKINS Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 16(2), June 2012, pp.85-95.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Through medical intervention, people with intellectual disabilities now live longer in the UK and Ireland. As a consequence they are likely to have greater physical and mental health needs when compared to the general population. This review explored whether nurses have a crucial role to play in meeting such needs, and whether nurses are prepared for this role. A search was conducted for relevant English language articles dated between 1990 and 2011. Overall, there was little evidence of nurses undertaking effective interventions in meeting the health needs of older people with intellectual disabilities. Nurses have been alerted to the increase in numbers of older people with intellectual disabilities and offered some direction on their future role in this area. However, most of the current literature is based on informed opinion rather than research.