Attitudes Toward Aging in Adult and Elderly People With Intellectual Disability

Lifshitz, Hefziba

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“…I flera studier tar intervjupersonernas beskrivningar av åldrandet i hög grad sin utgångspunkt i försämrad fysisk hälsa, minskade färdigheter och förmågor samt stereotypa föreställningar (Erickson, Krauss & Seltzer, 1989;Lifshitz, 2002a;Wilkinson, Kerr & Rae, 2003). Lifshitz (2002a) har dock visat att ju äldre personen själv blir ju större blir medvetenheten om åldrandets positiva karakteristika. I senare gjorda studier återges flera exempel på en mer positiv syn på ålderdomen som en period i livet som kan karakteriseras av egenmakt och ökad delaktighet (se exempelvis Dew, Llewellyn & Gorman, 2006;Buys et al, 2008;Bigby & Knox, 2009;Judge et al, 2010;McCarron et al, 2011).…”

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Delaktig (även) på äldre dar : Åldrande och delaktighet bland personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning som bor i gruppbostad

Kåhlin¹

2015

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Delaktig (även) på äldre dar : Åldrande och delaktighet bland personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning som bor i gruppbostad

Kåhlin¹

2015

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“…The final category identified was associations with death, which included references to the death of others and awareness of participants own mortality. Participants in the study were able to consider ageing in terms of how it would affect their life in a range of domains, and their conceptualisation of ageing seemed more rounded than the stereotypical and largely physical view presented by Lifshitz (2002). This could be because Erickson et al's (1989) participants were older adults, and Lifshitz (2002) suggests that older people have a more balanced view of ageing than younger people.…”

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How do people with learning disabilities experience and make sense of the ageing process?

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Robbins

2015

Brit J Learn Disabil

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Accessible summary We wanted to find out what getting older feels like for people with learning disabilities. We asked seven people with learning disabilities about getting older. Most of the people had noticed changes as they got older. Some felt sad or angry about it. Some worried about getting older. People said that it was important to have good friends and to do useful jobs. Some people did not know much about getting older. Some people wanted to look back over their lives to feel more settled. They might need help with this. Abstract Background: Not enough is currently known about how people with learning disabilities experience and understand the ageing process. This is particularly important as the population of older people with learning disabilities is growing due to increased life expectancy. This article draws on the first author's doctoral research study, which aimed to fill this gap in the literature by exploring how people with learning disabilities experience and make sense of the ageing process and old age. Materials and Methods: Seven people with learning disabilities aged 60 or more were interviewed, and their accounts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This approach allows the participant's lived experience to be explored in detail. Participants' accounts were analysed individually, followed by a group analysis. This article presents the results of the group analysis, illustrated by quotes from individuals. Results: The master themes arising from the group analysis were as follows: quality of relationships is central to enjoyment of life, including subthemes on the importance of affection and companionship, distress at lack of closeness and anxiety about ability to satisfy others; powerlessness; needing a sense of purpose; and making sense of getting older, including subthemes on reactions to changes with age, life review and looking to the future. Conclusions: Clinical implications of the findings include the need for services to support older people with learning disabilities in maintaining friendships and meaningful activities. This study demonstrates that some older people with learning disabilities can engage in a process of life review and raises the possibility that learning disability services could play a useful role in facilitating this process. Understanding of the ageing process varied between participants and tended towards a negative, stereotypical view of ageing. The findings suggest that people with learning disabilities could benefit from psychoeducation on the ageing process to aid them in making sense of the changes they experience as they get older.

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“…Systematycznie zwiększa się zakres badań uwzględniających przeżycia, postawy i potrzeby niepełnosprawnych intelektualnie w związku ze starością, tak oczekiwaną, jak i faktyczną. W zakresie analizowanej problematyki znajdują się takie kwestie, jak: sposoby rozumienia starości oraz jej definiowania przez osoby z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną [Lifshitz, 2002;Boulton-Lewis, Buys, Tedman-Jones, 2007;Innes, McCabe, Watchman, 2012], problemy doświadczane w wieku starszym, plany i obawy wiązane z przyszłością [Hole, Stainton, Wilson, 2010;Buys, Aird, Miller, 2012], znaczące wydarzenia życiowe [Patti, Amble, Flory, 2005], doświadczanie autonomii oraz barier w jej realizacji [Buys, Tedman-Jones, 2004;Lehmann, Bos, Rijken, Cardol, Peters, Kok, Curfs, 2013]. Uzyskane dotychczas rezultaty pozwalają wskazać na następujące tendencje:…”

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“…-w związku z powyższym doświadczają obaw i lęków w odniesieniu do swojej przyszłości [Lifshitz, 2002;Buys, Tedman-Jones, 2004;Buys, Boul-ton-Lewis, Tedman-Jones, Edwards, Knox, Bigby, 2008;Hole, Stainton, Wilson, 2010;Judge, Walley, Anderson, Young, 2010]. Należy jednak podkreślić, że opisane wnioski z badań różnych autorów odnoszą się do populacji osób zamieszkujących w krajach o ugruntowanej polityce niepełnej sprawności, m.in.…”

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Starość i starzenie się w percepcji osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną

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Attitudes Toward Aging in Adult and Elderly People With Intellectual Disability

Cited by 44 publications

References 10 publications

Delaktig (även) på äldre dar : Åldrande och delaktighet bland personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning som bor i gruppbostad

Delaktig (även) på äldre dar : Åldrande och delaktighet bland personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning som bor i gruppbostad

How do people with learning disabilities experience and make sense of the ageing process?

Starość i starzenie się w percepcji osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną

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