Aging

Draft Principles for a Person-Centered Approach to Serious or Advanced Illness

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Deadline: May 12, 2017 http://ltcombudsman.org/uploads/files/support/acl-person-centered-principles.pdf ACL, in consultation with stakeholders from the aging and disability communities, has drafted a set of principles to guide their work, and to enhance existing programs and services related to serious or advanced illness for older adults and people with disabilities. ACL is now seeking input from the people they […]

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New Issue Brief Available: Opportunities to Improve Nutrition for Older Adults and Reduce Risk of Poor Health Outcomes

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http://bit.ly/2mJpAdx http://nutritionandaging.org/ A new Issue Brief is now available that addresses opportunities to improve nutrition for older adults and also reduce the risk of poor health outcomes. During National Nutrition Month we focus time on the issue of nutrition, because as people age, they may experience malnutrition.  Appetite and the body’s ability to process food

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Aging and Dementia Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities

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 Thursday, February 16, 2017 3:00pm | Eastern Daylight Time Presented by: Matthew Janicki, PhD Many organizations are seeing the aging of their clientele and their numbers increase, and concerns are growing about how to deal with age-associated effects evidenced with aging. One such age-associated condition, Alzheimer’s disease (and related dementias), affects a significant number of adults

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National Goals Conference: Aging Strand

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National Goals in Research, Practice and Policy for and with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Setting a National Agenda for Aging Research, Practice, and Policy In August 2015, a National Goals in Research, Policy, and Practice working meeting was held in Washington, DC to summarize the current state of knowledge and identify a platform

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Ageing-related experiences of adults with learning disability resident in rural areas: one Australian perspective

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Stuart Wark, Miranda Canon-Vanry, Peta Ryan, Rafat Hussain, Marie Knox, Meaghan Edwards, Marie Parmenter, Trevor Parmenter, Matthew Janicki, andChez Leggatt-Cook British Journal of Learning Disabilities: Special Issue: Aging and People with Learning Disabilities Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 293–301December 2015 Summary This paper is about older people with learning disabilities who live in the country

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