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Direct linkRose, John L.; Cleary, Adam – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: Past research has determined that fear of violence is often "irrational" in relation to the actual level of risk presented. This has been found to exacerbate the negative effects of exposure to work-related violence. Aims: This study investigates fear of assault in relation to exposure to challenging behaviour. The extent to which a…
Descriptors: Fear, Violence, Risk, Aggression
Thomson, A. K.; Glasson, E. J.; Bittles, A. H. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: An investigation of the clinical morbidity and genetic profiles of individuals with Prader?Willi syndrome (PWS) in Western Australia (WA) was undertaken as part of a wider study into the effects of intellectual disability (ID) on the life course of individuals. Methods: All persons with a diagnosis of PWS were identified from the…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Mental Retardation, Disease Incidence, Patients
Download full textSolomon, Neil; Gorwitz, Kurt – 1970
Statistical information on the care of the mentally handicapped in Maryland is presented. Tables contain the following data on hospital (resident) facilities for the mentally handicapped: maximum and average occupancy rates, number of hospitalized patients, total number of patients under care, number of patients on hospital books, net releases,…
Descriptors: Facilities, Mental Retardation, Residential Care, Statistical Data
Loh, C.-H.; Lin, J.-D.; Choi, I.-C.; Yen, C.-F.; Hsu, S.-W.; Wu, J.-L.; Tang, C. C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: There has been no longitudinal study in Taiwan to identify the nature and the scale of medical care utilization of people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) up to the present. The aim of this study is to describe inpatient utilization among people under ID care in institutions in order to identify the pattern of medical care needs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Services, Health Promotion, Medical Care Evaluation
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
Cole, W. Edward – Training Sch Bull, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Residential Care, Summer Programs
Peer reviewedWolfensberger, Wolf – Mental Retardation, 1971
It is predicted that institutions for the retarded will be phased out and that the need for most types of group residences will decline due to the development of residential alternatives to institutions and nonresidential community services. (KW)
Descriptors: Group Experience, Institutions, Mental Retardation, Residential Care
Morad, Mohammed; Nelson, Noele P.; Merrick, Joav; Davidson, Philip W.; Carmeli, Eli – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
The normal aging process is not in itself a risk factor for constipation, but age-related morbidities, immobility, neurologic impairment or specific drugs are risk factors for constipation. This study was undertaken to examine the prevalence and risk factors for constipation in a large sample of 2400 persons with intellectual disability (ID) aged…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Residential Care
Peer reviewedTaylor, Steven J. – Child and Youth Services, 1987
Examines caretakers' definitions of residents at public institutions for the mentally retarded. While attendants have been the target of institutional reform efforts, at the institutions studied, these efforts have not resulted in significant changes in attendants' condescension toward residents. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Attendants, Definitions, Employee Attitudes, Improvement
Peer reviewedGauthier, Yvon – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1993
This paper describes parents' feelings, emotions, and concerns as they contemplate the future of their mentally retarded children after the parents' death. The paper notes that such parents think of death with more fear than parents of nondisabled children and that residential institutions must communicate to parents that their children will be…
Descriptors: Death, Emotional Adjustment, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedEyman, R. K.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Individual Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Swennenhuis, Petra; Vermeer, Adri; Rispens, Jan; Teunissen, Joop; Wensing, Michel – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2004
This short report explores the quality of the care process for children with intellectual disabilities. A Delphi procedure was used to identify a set of indicators for the quality of the care process reflecting the perspectives of the care providers, the parents and the experts. The sample consisted of 59 individuals involved in different ways in…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Beadle-Brown, Julie; Murphy, Glynis; Wing, Lorna – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: This study presents data on the characteristics of the Camberwell Cohort, 25 years after they were first assessed in the 1970s [Wing & Gould (1979) "Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia" vol. 9, pp. 11-29]. It also presents data on changes over time which adds to that presented in Beadle-Brown et al. ["Journal of Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Early Adolescents, Children
Ito, Jun-ichi – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Obesity and its related health problems in people with intellectual disabilities were examined, focusing on differences related to their place of residence. The prevalence of obesity was higher in older women living in community group homes than in the same age group of women living in institutes or among the general population. Hyperglycemia,…
Descriptors: Obesity, Age Differences, Place of Residence, Females
Bank-Mikkelsen, N. E. – 1969
The past segregation approach to the care of the mentally handicapped in Denmark is reviewed; the present normalization-integration approach, resulting in part from parents' associations and recognizing the basic rights of the retarded, is explained. A survey is then given of the Danish system, including services, facilities, budget, and regional…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Program Administration
