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Developmental disability and ageing
- Editors:
- O'BRIEN Gregory, ROSENBLOOM Lewis, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Mac Keith
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 131p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at clinicians and others who are engaged in caring for ageing adults with developmental disabilities, this handbook is intended to inform understanding, promote assessment, assist care planning, and improve everyday living for this group of vulnerable individuals. It provides a brief general overview, discusses dementia in the context of developmental disability, and looks at the patterns of ageing of two of the major groups of developmental disabilities, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy, and at other syndromes and their characteristics with ageing. It covers drug treatment for common problems among elderly people with developmental disabilities (including dementia), and considers issues of psychosocial intervention and life planning for ageing individuals with developmental disability. The book provides brief case examples, cites key evidence, and indicates sources of further reading.