Day service programmes for people with a severe intellectual disability and quality of life: Parent and staff perspectives

E Hartnett, P Gallagher, G Kiernan… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This study focuses on the contributions of a community and campus based day programme
to the quality of life of programme participants with a severe level of intellectual disability …

Community-based day-care services for people with intellectual disabilities in Georgia: a step towards their social integration

T Makharadze, A Kitiashvili… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article discusses the role of community-based day-care services in the lives of adults
with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Georgia. The study explores the impact of this …

Daily activity, community participation and quality of life in an ordinary housing network

M Rapley, S Beyer - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies of the quality of ordinary housing have relied upon objective indices, which
permit only inferential judgements to be made about the quality of life of service users …

A Proposed Framework for Using the Life‐Coaching Process to Enhance the Quality of Life of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Case …

CN Shpigelman - Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often find themselves excluded
from community participation due to environmental barriers, especially stigma. These …

Psychometric evaluation of a scale to assess satisfaction with life among people with intellectual disabilities living in community residences

H Bergström, J Hochwälder, A Kottorp… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the context of a health intervention among people with intellectual disabilities
(ID), there was a need to assess satisfaction with some aspects of life, in order to monitor …

The importance of dignity and choice for people assessed as having intellectual disabilities

SA Frounfelker, A Bartone - Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Individuals assessed as having an intellectual disability often spend a significant amount of
time in day treatment/day habilitation programs after they graduate from school. The quality …

Healthy living: A health promotion program for adults with intellectual disability

A An, L McPherson, A Urbanowicz - Disability and Health Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Adults with intellectual disability are more likely to experience a range of
physical and mental health problems in comparison to the general population. However with …

Comparative program options for aging people with intellectual disabilities

C Bigby - Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Retirement is a flexible and negotiated stage of life, tied to social and economic trends as
well as individual work and life experiences. Australia has no formal retirement policies for …

Staff perceptions of the quality of life of individuals with an intellectual disability who transition from a residential campus to community living in Ireland: An exploratory …

S Kilroy, J Egan, M Walsh, S McManus… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background This study explores the quality of life (QoL) of individuals with a severe
intellectual disability (ID) who had recently moved from an institutional setting (ie,“residential …

Daily Activity, Community Participation and Quality Of Life in an Ordinary Housing Network: A Two‐Year Follow‐up

M Rapley, S Beyer - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports follow‐up data on an earlier evaluative study (Rapley & Beyer, 1996) of a
small community‐based dispersed housing service. With the concept of Quality of Life (QOL) …