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| Issues in the further integration of aging and disability services | | Author(s) | Michelle Putnam |
| Journal title | Public Policy & Aging Report, vol 14, no 4, Fall 2004 |
| Publisher | National Academy on an Aging Society, Fall 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1, 19-23 |
| Source | http://www.agingsociety.org |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Physical disabilities ; Mental disorder ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Growing older and experiencing disability have been perceived as different phenomena, since in the past younger and middle aged people who acquired impairments did not live as long as their non-disabled peers. This article notes that in the US, policy initiatives have begun to target older people and those with disabilities under one bureaucratic umbrella. The civil rights movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s was instrumental in launching community-based Centers for Independent Living (CILs), also advocacy. The article also notes shifts in attitudes towards older people with disabilities, leading to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and eventually, to some cross-network collaboration. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050217215 A |
| Classmark | BG: BN: E: QK6: TM2: 7T |
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