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Cooper, S. A.; McConnachie, A.; Allan, L. M.; Melville, C.; Smiley, E.; Morrison, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) experience health inequalities and are more likely to live in deprived areas. The aim of this study was to determine whether the extent of deprivation of the area a person lives in affects their access to services, hence contributing to health inequalities. Method: A cross-sectional study…
Descriptors: Accidents, Health Promotion, Mental Retardation, Disadvantaged
Walker, Pam – 1993
This site visit report describes activities, strengths, and challenges of the Area Agency for Developmental Services in Region VI of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on bringing people with developmental disabilities out of the state institution to community-based services. The agency provides case management services, family support services, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
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Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian; Kosloski, Karl; Montgomery, Rhonda J. V. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the practice-oriented model of service use (Yeatts, Crow, & Folts, 1992) relative to the more widely used behavioral model (Andersen, 1968) in its ability to explain the use of respite services by caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. Unlike the behavioral model, which focuses primarily on…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Access to Health Care, Alzheimers Disease, Caregivers