Staff responses to age-related health changes in people with an intellectual disability in group homes

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-671

  Webbera, Ruth ^a   Bowersb, Barbara ^b   McKenzie Greenc, Barbara ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

'Ageing in place'; Group home; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956602403     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2010.505736     Document Type: Article

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