Mental health and social care needs of older people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-235

  Strydom, Andre ^a,b   Hassiotis, Angela ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Services Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Geriatrics; Intellectual disabilities; Mental health; Mental retardation; Needs; Social care

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844552231     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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