Browsing by Subject "Ageing & Intellectual Disability Issues"
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Are there differences in factors influencing access and continued use of assistive products for people with intellectual disabilities living in group homes?
(2019)Background: The World Health Organization has launched a program to promote Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) to implement those parts of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... -
Association of Anticholinergic burden with adverse effects in older people with Intellectual Disabilities in Ireland: An observational cross-sectional study
(2016)Background:Older people with intellectual disabilities (ID) receive anticholinergic drugs but no studies to date have investigated cumulative anticholinergic exposure and its effects in adults with ID. Aim: To determine ... -
Drug Burden Index to Define the Burden of Medicines in Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study
(2018)Aims: The drug burden index (DBI) is a dose‐related measure of anticholinergic and sedative drug exposure. This cross‐sectional study described DBI in older adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and the most ... -
Epidemiology of constipation and its associated factors in an ageing population of people with an intellectual disability in Ireland: A cross-sectional study.
(2023)Background: Constipation impacts health-related quality of life with a burden similar to other chronic conditions. This study characterises the prevalence of constipation and its associated factors in older adults with ... -
Health, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion: Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland Evidence from the First Ten Years of The Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA)
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Quantitative examination of the bone health status of older adults with intellectual and developmental disability in Ireland: a cross sectional nationwide study
(2019)Objectives (1) To investigate the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis among adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) and (2) to examine alternative optimal bone screening techniques. Design Observational ... -
Report Defining The Needs of Stakeholders For a Wayfinding Platform For Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities and Their Carers
(Trinity College Dublin, 2018) -
The Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Among Older Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Cross Sectional Observational Study.
(2018)Background: Older people with Intellectual Disability (ID) have a high prevalence of gastrointestinal conditions such as Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD). However, despite this, information about treatment, in ...