Projects and Informational Materials
These materials and projects are available to you without cost. If you choose to download any of these, please provide the usual credits and references when using them. These materials include tips for "sandwich generation caregivers" considering hiring caregiving assistance; a needs survey conducted for the state of Kentucky in 1994 where recommendations and suggestions were provided to the KY Developmental Disabilities Council on needs of aging Kentuckians with developmental disabilities, their family caregivers, and the local support agency staffs; and selected articles and observations over twenty-one years. The Resource Guide and Introduction to Developing Supports is over 120 pages of "how to involve agencies and individuals". Individual Homeownership provides hands on information on getting aging and older people into their own homes.
Needs and the Impact on Aging
A Brief Profile of the Aging Person with Developmental Disabilities
Final Summary Report on Reverse Equity Mortgages for Older Families
A Crisis Waiting to Happen
Considerations for Care Giver Assistance
Individual Home Ownership for Aging People with Disabilities
Executive Summary of the Report on Needs of Older Kentuckians
with Developmental Disabilities
Geriatric Care Coordination for Employers and Families.
A Resource Guide and Introduction for Developing the Supports for Aging and Older Texans with Developmental Disabilities, Family Caregivers, and Grandparents in Local Projects.
Consideration of Needs at the National Level and in Texas
A Texas Model for Accessing Community Services
The Dallas Plan for Older Texans with DD in the Publication Seniors 2000
Publications Listing 1979-1999
Agency Consultations
Helpful Articles by Others
Women with Developmental Disabilities Health Issues
Alzheimer Disease: A Health Risk of Growing Older with Down Syndrome
The Global Willowbrook (NY Times article)
Government Edit Seeks Home Care for Disabled (NY Times on the Web)
Parents Find Little Relief (USA Today)
Act Requires Justification for Institutionalization (NY Times on the Web)
Status of Mental Health Care in North Carolina (Observer On Line)
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