Early Onset Ageing and Service Preparation in People with Intellectual Disabilities: Institutional Managers' Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Jin-Ding; Wu, Chia-Ling; Lin, Pei-Ying; Lin, Lan-Ping; Chu, Cordia M.
Titel	Early Onset Ageing and Service Preparation in People with Intellectual Disabilities: Institutional Managers' Perspective
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32 (2011) 1, S.188-193 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2010.09.018
Schlagwörter	Futures (of Society); Medical Services; Mental Retardation; Caregivers; Foreign Countries; Financial Support; Aging (Individuals); Older Adults; Questionnaires; Administrator Attitudes; Sampling; Case Studies; Public Policy; Residential Care; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Future; Society; Zukunft; Arzt; Geistige Behinderung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Ausland; Finanzielle Förderung; Aging; Altern; Älterer Erwachsener; Fragebogen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	Although longevity among older adults with intellectual disabilities is increasing, there is limited information on their premature aging related health characteristics and how it may change with increasing age. The present paper provides information of the institutional manager's perception on early onset aging and service preparation for this population. We used purposive sampling to recruit 54 institutional managers who care for people with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan. The present study employed a cross-sectional design using a self-administrative structured questionnaire that was completed by the respondents in November 2009. The results showed that more than 90% of the respondents agreed with earlier onset aging characteristics of people with ID. However, nearly all of the respondents expressed that the government policies were inadequate and the institution is not capable of caring for aging people with ID, and more than half of them did not satisfy to their provisional care for this group of people. With regard to the service priority of government aging policy for people with ID, the respondent expressed that medical care, financial support, daily living care were the main areas in the future policy development for them. The factors of institutional type, expressed adequacy of government's service, respondent's job position, age, and working years in disability service were variables that can significantly predict the positive perceptions toward future governmental aging services for people with ID (adjusted R[squared]=0.563). We suggest that the future study strategy should underpin the aging characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities and its differences with general population to provide the useful information for the institutional caregivers. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10