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McCracken Intervention Matrix:
Guidelines for Carers to Help
Older Adults with Mental Retardation
Maintain Optimal Functioning
by Ann L. McCracken and Thomas
J. Lottman
This
guidebook will assist carers
to help older people with
developmental disabilities
maintain optimum functioning
in nine areas:
- eating
and nutrition;
- elimination;
- motor
skills;
- awareness
and thinking;
- communications;
- relationships;
- protection
and assertiveness;
- sexual
awareness and behaviour;
- assistance
and acceptance.
Each
of the nine modules includes
an overview of age-related
changes, guidelines for detecting
change in functions, and easy-to-implement
activities to help individuals
maintain optimum functioning.
The guidebook also contains
an overview of the aging process
and a resource directory for
additional information on
aging with developmental disabilities.
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from: |
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The
Clearinghouse on Aging
and Developmental Disabilities
Department of Disability
and Human Development,
University of Illinois
at Chicago
1640 West Roosevelt
Road
Chicago, Illinois 60608-6904
Telephone: (312) 413-1860
Fax: (312) 996-6942
E-mail: rrtcamr@uic.edu
Web site: www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/index.html
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Description
of Resource:
Approximate
Cost: $20.00 (US)
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