Title Older adults with developmental disabilities : optimizing choice and change / edited by Evelyn Sutton ... [et al. ; foreword by Matthew P. Janicki]

Published Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., [1993] ©1993

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MELB	362.1968 Sut/Oaw		AVAILABLE

Description xxv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Maintaining optimal functioning / Susan J. Eklund and William L. Martz -- Health issues / Deborah J. Anderson -- Health care issues / Marilyn Adlin -- Psychotropic medication use among older adults with mental retardation / Deborah J. Anderson and Barbara Polister -- Social inclusion of older adults with mental retardation / Deborah J. Anderson -- Realities of retirement and pre-retirement planning / Evelyn Sutton [and others] -- Support systems, well-being, and placement decision-making among older parents and their adult children with developmental disabilities / Tamar Heller and Alan R. Factor -- Social supports and expectations of family involvement after out-of-home placement / Gary B. Seltzer [and others] -- Leisure participation and life satisfaction of older adults with mental retardation and Down Syndrome / Barbara A. Hawkins -- Psychological adjustment in midlife for persons with mental retardation / Gary B. Seltzer -- A national survey of community living options / Melton C. Martinson and James A. Stone -- Federal legislation and long-term funding streams that support community living options / Melton C. Martinson and James A. Stone -- Small-scale community living options serving three or fewer older adults with developmental disabilities / Melton C. Martinson and James A. Stone -- Cross training within the aging and developmental disabilities services systems / Phyllis Kultgen and Robert Rominger -- Translating policy into practice / Alan R. Factor -- Strategies that close the gap between research, planning, and self-advocacy / Esther Lee Pederson [and others] -- A multicultural context / Mariellen Laucht Kuehn and Pamela Imm-Thomas Analysis Mentally handicapped persons Welfare services Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Older people with mental disabilities -- Services for -- United States. Older people with mental disabilities -- United States. People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- United States. Aged. Community Mental Health Services. Developmental Disabilities. Intellectual Disability. Social Work. SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Author Sutton, Evelyn. LC no. 92047442 ISBN 1557661200

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