Aging with mental retardation: Increasing population of older adults with MR require health interventions and prevention strategies

Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 26-29

  Fisher, Kathleen ^a   Kettl, Paul ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Down's syndrome; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CALCIUM; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGING; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BED REST; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARE; DOWN SYNDROME; FRACTURE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17244366186     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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