A Review of Health Surveillance in Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Population Aging and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Projections for Canada

“…While it is already clearly understood that health and social service needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities increase as they age (Ouellette‐Kuntz, Martin, et al, ), it is important to quantify the size of the expected population of older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities requiring health and social services to inform future policy and practice. It is hoped that the methods and results presented herein provide an impetus to collect and use the required information to address this important issue.…”

“…The cohort includes individuals living in a variety of settings: independently in the community, with family, in a group home, in a long‐stay hospital, or in a long‐term care facility. Ouellette‐Kuntz, Martin, and McKenzie () detail the creation of the cohort using health administration and clinical datasets. These datasets were linked using unique encoded identifiers and analyzed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).…”

Health Surveillance and People with Intellectual Disabilities

“…Under the broad heading of primary care, this work has included examination of uptake of the periodic health examination Topics examined in the second phase include women's health (Brown, Cobigo, Lunsky, Wilton, & Vigod, in press), addiction and mental health problems, aging (Ouellette-Kuntz, Martin, & McKenzie, 2015), and the transition to adulthood.…”

How best to support individuals with IDD as they become frail: Development of a consensus statement

“…2 Multi-morbidity is notable in this population with unique patterns that differ considerably from the general population. [5][6][7] More recently, clinicians and researchers have sought to better characterize ageingrelated needs of this population through the concept of frailty-a multi-dimensional state of vulnerability, with cognitive, social, psychological and biological deficits, as well as environmental aspects associated with ageing and adverse outcomes (e.g., falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, mortality). [5][6][7] More recently, clinicians and researchers have sought to better characterize ageingrelated needs of this population through the concept of frailty-a multi-dimensional state of vulnerability, with cognitive, social, psychological and biological deficits, as well as environmental aspects associated with ageing and adverse outcomes (e.g., falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, mortality).…”