In order to promote active aging for persons with ID, discussions on new initiatives, for example, designing age-friendly communities have begun at the international and local levels. The overall goal of this qualitative research study was to identify features of an age-friendly community from the perspective of older adults with ID, themselves, their caregivers, and service providers. A total of seven individuals aged 45+ with ID were interviewed. In addition, a total of 15 caregivers/service providers participated in focus group discussions. Many of the current features of the city of Winnipeg do not adequately address the needs of persons aging with ID. A number of recommendations were made to make Winnipeg a more age-friendly community. The study was exploratory in nature, the first step towards development of future research projects to explore issues and intervention strategies more in depth to promote healthy and active aging among persons aging with ID.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/23922 |
| Date | 02 September 2014 |
| Creators | Miskimmin, Caley |
| Contributors | Shooshtari, Shahin (Family Social Sciences), Duncan, Karen (Family Social Sciences) Menec, Verena (Community Health Sciences) Martin, Toby (Psychology) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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