· Specific health issues associated with ageing.
· Mental illness and ageing, risk factors associated with intellectual disability & ageing, differential diagnosis.
· Health education and health promotion for particular topics, target groups and settings.
· Assessment, the principles of assessment, generic and specific assessments used with older adults with intellectual disability and their carers.
· Pharmacological interventions.
· Communication verbal and non-verbal, successful communication assistive technological aids, communicating with people who have dementia, dysarthria and aphasia.
· Principles of therapies: - Music therapy, Sonas, Pottery, Snoozelen, PEATA, complimentary therapies SPRED, gardening, journaling, active retirement groups,. The "Go for Life" campaign.
· Evaluation of interventions including quantitative and qualitative patient outcome measures.
· Recognizing abuse dealing with families/carers, developing guidelines relating to elder abuse, harm reduction and minimisation strategies.
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Essential:
Corsini, R., & Wedding, D. (1989). Current psychotherapies. Illinois: Peacock .
Ebersole, P., & Hess, P. (2001). Geriatric nursing and healthy ageing. St Louis: Mosby.
Evinhuis, H., Henderson, C., Beange, H. et al. (2000). Healthy ageing: Adults with learning disabilities-physical health issues. Geneva: World Health Organisation.
Hogg, J., Lucchino, R., Wang, K. et al. (2000). Healthy ageing: Adults with learning disabilities ageing and social policy. Geneva: World Health Organisation.
Keogh, F., & Roche, A. (1996). Mental health disorders: Incidence prevalence and treatment. Dublin: The National Council for the Elderly.
Russell, O. (1997). The psychiatry of learning disabilities. London: Routledge.
Thorpe, L., Davidson, P., & Janicki, M. (2000). Healthy ageing: Adults with learning disabilities, bio-behavioural issues. Geneva: World Health Organisation.
Pickering, S., & Thompson, J. (1998). Promoting positive practice in nursing older people. London: Balliire Tindall.
Supplementary:
American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-IV-TR. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association.
Anastasi, A., & Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological testing. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Baldwin, J.D., & Baldwin, J.I. (1998). Behaviour principles in everyday life. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Basiro, D. (1995). Birth to old age: Health in transition. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Bouras, N. (ed.) (1997). Psychiatric and developmental disorders in developmental disabilities and mental retardation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Caplan, P. (1997). The cultural construction of sexuality. London: Routledge.
Corey, G. (2000). Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy. Stamford, CN: Brooks/Cole.
Fahey, T. (1995). Health and social care of population ageing in Ireland 1991-2001. Dublin: National Council for the Elderly.
Jacoby, R., & Oppenheimer, C. (1997). Psychiatry and the elderly. Oxford: University Press.
Lindsay, S.J.E., & Powell, G.E. (1994). The handbook of clinical adult psychology. London: Routledge.
Martin, G., & Pear, J. (1998). Behaviour modification: what it is and how to do it. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Redfern, S., & Ross, F. (eds.) (1999). Nursing older people. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Schaie, K.W., & Willis, S.L. (1996). Adult development and aging. New York: HarperCollins College.
Stenfert-Croese, B., Dagnan, D., & Loumidis, K. (eds.) (1997). Cognitive behaviour therapy for people with learning disabilities. London: Routledge.
Stroebe, W. (2000). Social psychology and health. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Sue, D., Sue, D.W., & Sue, S. (2000). Understanding abnormal behaviour. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Tinker, A. (1997). Older people in modern society. London: Longman.
Tyson, S. (1999). Gerontological nursing care. Philadelphia: WB. Saunders.
Walsh, P., Heller, T., Schupf Van Schhrojjenstein Lantman-de Valk, H. (2000). Healthy ageing: Women's health issues - ageing and social policy. Geneva: World Health Organisation.
Vander Zanden, J.W. (2000). Human development. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Additional journals of benefit on this topic include
British Journal of Learning Disability
Gerontological Nursing
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
Journal for Nursing Health and Social Care
Useful websites
To be developed
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