This chapter examines contemporary research about end of life with a particular emphasis
on people with intellectual disabilities and their experiences, rather than the views of others …

Background Bereavement is potentially a time of disruption and emotional distress. For
individuals with an intellectual disability (ID), a limited understanding of the concept of death …

Background Due to increased life expectancy, just as with the general population, people
with intellectual disabilities are experiencing, and dying from, chronic and life‐limiting …

It has only been four years since the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
(JARID) last published a special issue on Death and Dying, edited by Stuart Todd, Jane …

This book on end of life examines how to include people with intellectual and developmental
disability in the inevitability of dying and death. Comprising 17 chapters, it addresses …

The authors examine the way in which people with intellectual disability (ID) handle death
and mourning, and note that the way in which death and bereavement are being …

The end of life is inevitable. The ability to control and participate in one's own life-ending
scenario is not. Longer lives, heightened awareness of impending death, and various …

Background The aim of this study was to explore the way in which community living staff
engaged with people with intellectual disability (ID) about dying and death. Method Guided …

Background The aim of this study was to explore what community living staff talked about
and did with people with intellectual disability (ID) to assist them to understand dying and …

End-of-life care of people with intellectual disabilities in community living services
ABSTRACT People with intellectual disability are living longer. This can result in the need …