Title Aging, rights, and quality of life : prospects for older people with developmental disabilities / edited by Stanley S. Herr and Germain Weber

Published Baltimore, MD : Paul H. Brookes Publishing, [1999] ©1999

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Description xxi, 392 pages ; 26 cm Contents Aging and developmental disabilities : concepts and global perspectives / Stanley S. Herr and Germain Weber -- Aging and advocacy / Stanley S. Herr -- International human rights standards : aging and disabilities / Manfred Nowak -- Health care decision making : legal and financial considerations / Marshall B. Kapp -- Legal rights and vulnerable people / Stanley S. Herr -- Enhancing quality of life / Robert L. Schalock, David DeVries, and Jason Lebsack -- Rights, place of residence, and retirement : lessons from case studies on aging / Barbara A. Hawkins -- Quality of life as a matter of human rights / Alan Walker, Carol Walker, and Vashti Gosling -- Quality assurance and quality management in services / Christian Klicpera and Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera -- Emerging models / Tamar Heller -- Mental health : issues of access and quality of life / Steve Moss -- Life after loss : legal, ethical, and practical issues / Barbara L. Ludlow -- Supports and services in Sweden : principles and implications for reform / Lars Molander -- An international perspective on quality / Chris Conliffe and Patricia Noonan Walsh -- Challenges for residential satisfaction : options, choices, and decision making / Germain Weber and Andrea Fritsch -- Self-advocacy for a good life in our older years / Mitchell Levitz -- Public policy and service design / Matthew P. Janicki -- Empowerment and inclusion in planning / John Goldmeier and Stanley S. Herr -- Managed care / Stanley S. Herr and Sean L. Brohawn -- Prospects for ensuring rights, quality supports, and a good old age / Stanley S. Herr and Germain Weber Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Developmentally disabled older people -- Civil rights -- United States. Developmentally disabled older people -- Government policy -- United States. Developmentally disabled older people -- United States. Developmentally disabled older people. Quality of life -- United States. Aged. Developmental Disabilities. Intellectual Disability. Civil Rights. Health Services for the Aged. Mentally Disabled Persons. Patient Advocacy. Quality of Life. Author Herr, Stanley S. Weber, Germain. LC no. 98050820 ISBN 1557663807

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