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| Extending the promise of the Older Americans Act to persons aging with long-term disability | | Author(s) | Michelle Putnam |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 39, no 6, July 2017 |
| Publisher | Sage, July 2017 |
| Pages | pp 799-820 |
| Source | http://journals.sagepub.com/roa |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Mental disability ; Long term ; Ageing process ; Services ; Law ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article discusses the need for Older Americans Act (OAA) programmes to evaluate and develop where needed the capacity to serve people ageing with long-term disabilities such as intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and physical disabilities including polio, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. The rationale for this work is universal access to OAA programmes for all adults over 60, regardless of disability type, age of onset or severity, acknowledging that other needs-based criteria often need to be met to receive services. Recommendations for increasing OAA and ageing network capacity include addressing long-standing divisions between the fields of ageing and disability, a comprehensive review of all Administration for Community Living programmes and policies, engaging in programme adaptation to build capacity, advancing knowledge and skills of the professional workforce, and creating new knowledge to support delivery of evidence-based interventions to all older adults including those with lifelong, early and midlife onset of disability. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170728240 A |
| Classmark | BN: E7: 4Q: BG: I: VR: TM2: 7T |
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