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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Merrick, Joav; Morad, Mohammed – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The objective of the study was to study differences in aging phenomena among adults with intellectual disability (ID), who live in community residence versus their peers in residential care centers and to determine the contribution of health status, age, gender, etiology and level of ID to the decline in ADL function with age. Our study was based…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Down Syndrome
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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Merrick, Joav – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
This study was conducted to compare aging phenomena of persons with intellectual and developmental disability (ID) aged 40 years and older living in community residence (N=65) with those living with their families (N=43) in Jerusalem, Israel. All 108 persons and care givers were interviewed to ascertain health problems, sensory impairment,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Etiology