Healthy Ageing – Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Ageing and Social Policy
J. Hogg,
R. Lucchino,
K. Wang,
M. Janicki,
J. Hogg
Department of Social Work, University of Dundee, Trankland Building, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
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Institute of Gerontology, Utica College of Syracuse University, Burrstone Road, Utica, NY 13502, USA
Search for more papers by this authorK. Wang
Department of Social Welfare, National Chang-Cheng University, 161 San-Hising, Ming-Hsiung, Chia-yi, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorM. Janicki
Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1640 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Hogg,
R. Lucchino,
K. Wang,
M. Janicki,
J. Hogg
Department of Social Work, University of Dundee, Trankland Building, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorR. Lucchino
Institute of Gerontology, Utica College of Syracuse University, Burrstone Road, Utica, NY 13502, USA
Search for more papers by this authorK. Wang
Department of Social Welfare, National Chang-Cheng University, 161 San-Hising, Ming-Hsiung, Chia-yi, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorM. Janicki
Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1640 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
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This report has been prepared by the Ageing Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence and the Programme on Ageing and Health, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, and all rights are reserved by the above mentioned organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced or translated in part, but not for sale or use in conjunction with commercial purposes. It may also be reproduced in full by non-commercial entities for information or for educational purposes with prior permission from WHO/IASSID. The document is likely to be available in other languages also. For more information on this document, please visit the following websites: <http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/index.html>, <http://www.who.int/mental_health> and <http://www.iassid.org>.
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