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Tools for Personal Planning Exploring Later Life Options with older adults who have mental disabilities - Facilitators Manual is intended as a guide for service providers to empower older adults with mental disabilities to learn about and possibly access an individualized retirement lifestyle. Making Choices As We Age: A Peer Training Program is a curriculum for training persons with disabilities and their co-trainers how to teach other adults with developmental disabilities about: choice making, rights and responsibilities, how to make healthy choices, and about things to do in their free time. Person-Centered Planning for Later Life - A Curriculum for Adults with Mental Retardation enables adults to actively plan for their later years by teaching concepts and choice making skills. The 20-week training, which includes a student notebook, provides classroom and community experiences for making choices regarding healthy aging, free-time activities, work and retirement, and improving living arrangements. Person-Centered Planning for Later Life: Death and Dying - A Curriculum for Adults with Mental Retardation helps adults with mental retardation understand death, dying, and loss. The curriculum emphasize active participation through both verbal and visual presentation of materials.
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