Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families - Transfer care from institutions to the community

Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families - Ensure good quality mental and

Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families - Identifying the needs of each child and young

The experiences of family carers in the delivery of invasive clinical interventions for young people with complex intellectual disabilities: policy disconnect or policy opportunity?

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the experiences of family carers in the delivery of invasive clinical interventions within community settings. BACKGROUND Many young people with intellectual disabilities present with complex health needs and require clinical interventions to sustain life. As the population lives into older age there is growing demand for the delivery of these interventions with...

Performance of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) in Rural Areas of Islamic Republic of Iran

The situation of people with disabilities in the developing countries should be a matter of great concern. There are today close to 250 million severely and moderately disabled persons in these countries; the annual increase is 10 million. Most of them are poor, dependent neglected, excluded from education, training and jobs; They die early and have no power while alive. Between 15 and 20% of a...

اثربخشی توانمندسازی روان‌شناختی بر سلامت عمومی مادران دارای فرزند ناتوان تحت پوشش برنامه توان‌بخشی مبتنی بر جامعه

Objective Parents face a lot of challenges with the birth of a child with disability. According to research findings, mothers of the children with disabilities have lower levels of mental health than mothers of typically-developing children, and the presence of disabilities in family members creates mental and emotional problems for other family members, especially mothers. These mothers are un...