Issues of active ageing: Perceptions of older people with lifelong intellectual disability

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Buys, Laurie ^a   Boulton Lewis, Gillian ^a   Tedman Jones, Jan ^a   Edwards, Helen ^a   Knox, Marie ^a   Bigby, Christine ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active ageing; Lived experiences of older people with lifelong intellectual disability; Safety; Service providers; Support

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 42449149996     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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