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Adults with intellectual disability have high health care needs. Despite frequent contact with health services, they often receive inadequate health care.
Adrian Raymond Walker +3 more
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Summary: Background: Approximately 70 million children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disabled, yet little is known about the prevalence of and care-seeking patterns for common childhood illnesses, such as acute respiratory infection (ARI), diarrhoea ...
Sara Rotenberg +2 more
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The key points for treatment of Parkinsonism in older persons
Signs and symptoms of Parkinsonism have a high prevalence in older persons. Parkinsonism is associated with negative outcomes in the elderly and there is still uncertainty about when and how to start levodopa in these conditions.
Fulvio Lauretani +3 more
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Gender, caring and learning disability. [PDF]
The thesis explores the meaning of caring in the lives of a group of people who are labelled as dependants, adults with learning difficulties. Through biographical interviews and documentary research the author examines how care for people with learning difficulties has developed over time in one local area; and the understandings people on the ...
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Women with disabilities’ use of maternal care services in sub-Saharan Africa
Background: Quality maternal health care is central to the Sustainable Development Goals efforts to reduce maternal mortality, yet there remain limited quantitative data on maternal care inequities for women with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa ...
Sara H. Rotenberg +2 more
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Disability Retirement for Federal Employees [PDF]
[Excerpt] Federal civilian employees earn 13 days of paid sick leave per year. Sick leave can be used because of the worker’s own illness or injury or to care for an ill or injured family member.
Purcell, Patrick
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Preventive strategies in oral health for special needs patients [PDF]
As regards to the most common oral disease in pediatric patients, intellectual disability is not a risk factor for caries disease itself, but it rather reduces the individual capability to self-care and therefore to his own oral care.
BRUGNOLETTI, Orlando +6 more
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Lived Experiences of Public Disability Representations: A Scoping Review
Research has largely focussed on public perceptions of people with disabilities, particularly in the media. However, there is a lack of studies exploring how individuals with disabilities themselves experience public disability representation.
Aartjan ter Haar +2 more
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Commenting on this book is a great privilege and an opportunity to share some emerging aspects regarding the development of pulmonary rehabilitation. Indeed, appreciating the therapeutic value of this modality is possible because of continuous research ...
Massimiliano Polastri, Stefano Nava
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Disabilty in Older Adults with Depression [PDF]
Depression is a leading cause of disability among older adults which can change the scope of daily life for older adults and threaten their ability to live independently in the community.
Chisholm, Denise
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