Retreat and resilience: Life experiences of older women with intellectual disabilities

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  LeRoy, Barbara W ^a   Walsh, Patricia Noonan ^b   Kulik, Noel ^a   Rooney, Margaret ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STAFF; WELLBEING;

AGED; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4344563170     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)109<429:RARLEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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