Ageing and health issues in intellectual disabilities

Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Patricia Noonan Walsh

Abstract

This review summarizes recent research and evidence-based practice and policy guidelines from 31 articles or books focused on the health of ageing individuals with intellectual disabilities. Findings are presented under four headings that correspond to categories of health measures applied in recent EU evidence-based public health documents. Large group studies, notably longitudinal studies, have advanced knowledge of the health-related attributes of the population of older adults with intellectual disabilities and their distinctive health risks, including those linked to aetiologies. Empirical studies applying various research designs and literature reviews presented findings about weight and levels of physical activity, prevalent health problems (e.g. high levels of sensory impairment, risk factors for coronary artery disease) and other aspects of the health status of this population. Efforts to improve assessment methods for dementia continue. Evidence from small group studies in Israel and the USA suggests that interventions to increase physical activity and functioning of older adults may be beneficial. Pharmacological studies consider treatments for dementia as well as widespread prescription of medications to manage chal...Continue Reading

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Oct 10, 2003·European Journal of Public Health·Patricia Noonan WalshH M J van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk
Oct 10, 2003·European Journal of Public Health·Pieter G N Kramers
Jan 16, 2004·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·D E M C JansenD Post
Jan 16, 2004·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·A PhillipsR W Davis
Mar 6, 2004·American Journal of Mental Retardation : AJMR·Wayne SilvermanRobert Ryan
Mar 6, 2004·American Journal of Mental Retardation : AJMR·Warren B ZigmanWayne Silverman
Mar 18, 2004·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·N S TaylorD N Wilson
Mar 18, 2004·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·J D LinC F Yen
Mar 18, 2004·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Hefziba Lifshitz, Joav Merrick
Jul 3, 2004·Mental Retardation·Carol Ann PodgorskiC Michael Henderson
Jul 28, 2004·Journal of the American College of Surgeons·R Matthew WalshJ Michael Henderson
Aug 10, 2004·American Journal of Mental Retardation : AJMR·Barbara W LeRoyMargaret Rooney
Aug 10, 2004·American Journal of Mental Retardation : AJMR·Anne L Botsford
Aug 10, 2004·American Journal of Mental Retardation : AJMR·Louise Young, Adrian F Ashman
Nov 16, 2004·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Jane A McGillivray, Marita P McCabe
Dec 29, 2004·Mechanisms of Ageing and Development·Eli CarmeliJoav Merrick
Jan 7, 2005·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·J D LinJ L Wu

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Citations

Aug 17, 2011·Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability·Caroline EllisonLibby Chapman
Jan 6, 2016·Current Opinion in Psychiatry·Simone Reppermund, Julian N Trollor
Dec 11, 2008·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·S CleaverH Ouellette-Kuntz
Feb 18, 2009·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Robert M Hodapp, Elisabeth M Dykens
Aug 21, 2013·Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews·Sharon J Krinsky-McHale, Wayne Silverman
Apr 19, 2016·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Stuart WarkHelen Edwards
May 20, 2011·American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities·Pamela Bartlo, Penelope J Klein
Jul 25, 2008·Current Opinion in Psychiatry·Patricia Noonan Walsh

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