Assessment and characteristics of older adults with intellectual disabilities who are not accessing specialist intellectual disability services

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Dodd, Philip ^a,b,c,f   Guerin, Suzanne ^b   Mulvany, Fiona ^d   Tyrrell, Janette ^a   Hillery, John ^b,e  

^a St Michael's House   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^e Palmerstown Manor   (Ireland)

^f NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Database; Intellectual disability; Older adults; Specialist service; Vulnerable adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349087115     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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