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Bridging aging and intellectual/developmental disabilities in research, policy, and practice
- Author:
- HELLER Tamar
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), 2019, pp.53-57.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Bridging the fields of aging and intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) in research, policy, and practice can improve the lives of people both in aging with I/DD and in older adults aging into disabilities. These two groups have both unique and common needs for health and long‐term services and supports. Examples of bridging include exchange of research, adaptation of interventions, and development of policy embracing ideas from both fields. Research exchange includes scoping reviews of health promotion and family caregiving interventions in aging and I/DD. Adaptations from aging include chronic disease self‐management, falls prevention programs, dementia caregiving, retirement planning, and end‐of‐life care. The Administration on Community Living programs in the United States are examples of policy initiatives that bridge aging and disabilities. Opportunities for bridging the fields of aging and I/DD exist, and there are numerous examples of productive practice. Moving forward, it is important to consider the influence of future developments, such as technology and universal design, on the bridging movement. Further research can benefit our understanding of how to improve the bridge between these fields to an even greater extent. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
- Editors:
- JOHNSON Malcolm L., (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 744p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This is a guide to the current body of knowledge, theory, policy and practice relevant to age researchers and gerontologists around the world. It contains almost 80 original chapters, commissioned and written by the world's leading gerontologists from 16 countries and 5 continents. The broad focus of the book is on the behavioural and social sciences but it also includes important contributions from the biological and medical sciences. It provides comprehensive, accessible and authoritative accounts of all the key topics in the field ranging from theories of ageing, to demography, physical aspects of ageing, mental processes and ageing, nursing and health care for older people, the social context of ageing, cross cultural perspectives, relationships, quality of life, gender, and financial and policy provision.
Adults only: disability, social policy and the life course
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 29(3), July 2000, pp.421-439.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article examines the relationship between disability, generation and social policy. The moral and legislative framework for the post-war welfare settlement was grounded in a long-standing cultural construction of 'normal' life course progression. Disability and age (along with gender) were the key components in this construction, defining broad categories of welfare dependency and labour force exemption. The article suggests that, as policy-makers pursue their millennial settlement with mothers, children and older people, they also may be forced to reconstruct the relationship between disabled people and the welfare state.
Ways of thinking about the long-term care of the baby-boom cohorts
- Author:
- KINGSON Eric R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 7(3/4), 1996, pp.3-23.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article examines various ways of thinking about long-term care for baby boomers in the United States of America, the 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964. It begins by discussing trends that need to be taken into consideration. Next, it reviews why long-term care policy discussions need to be based upon recognition of the importance of the informal exchanges of care that occur over people's lifetimes, primarily in the context of the family. The final section presents two ways of thinking about challenges posed by the aging of baby boomers - the generational equity/crisis perspective and the generational investment/gradual adjustment perspective.