Assessing the health of older adults with intellectual disabilities: A user-led approach

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-239

  Fender, Aileen ^c   Marsden, Lou ^c   Starr, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Health; Intellectual disability; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 34548180887     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629507080785     Document Type: Article

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