Older adults with intellectual disability

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-364

  Sinai, Amanda ^a   Bohnen, Ingrid ^b   Strydom, Andre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Westminster Learning Disability Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; dementia; intellectual disability; older adults

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ASCORBIC ACID; MEMANTINE; PITTSBURGH COMPOUND B; THIOCTIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; DSM-IV; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; ICD-10; IMMOBILIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE AGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864856277     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328355ab26     Document Type: Review

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