TY - JOUR
T1 - Taking each day as it comes: staff experiences of supporting people with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease in group homes
AU - Iacono, Teresa
AU - Bigby, Christine
AU - Carling-Jenkins, Rachel
AU - Torr, Jennifer Jayne
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Disability staff are being increasingly required to support adults with Down syndrome who develop Alzheimer s disease. They have little understanding of the nature of care required, and may lack input from aged care and dementia services, which lack knowledge of intellectual disability. The aim of this study was to report on the experiences of disability staff in group homes supporting residents with Down syndrome and Alzheimer s disease in relation to their under understanding of what was happening to these residents, their responses to them, and how they felt about their support role.
AB - Disability staff are being increasingly required to support adults with Down syndrome who develop Alzheimer s disease. They have little understanding of the nature of care required, and may lack input from aged care and dementia services, which lack knowledge of intellectual disability. The aim of this study was to report on the experiences of disability staff in group homes supporting residents with Down syndrome and Alzheimer s disease in relation to their under understanding of what was happening to these residents, their responses to them, and how they felt about their support role.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12048/pdf
U2 - 10.1111/jir.12048
DO - 10.1111/jir.12048
M3 - Article
VL - 58
SP - 521
EP - 533
JO - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
JF - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
SN - 0964-2633
IS - 6
ER -