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Oral Care Resources: Caregivers of People with Disabilities
February 22, 2012
BRIDGE (Campaign of Concern/Outreach Education) Visit Website DECOD: Dental Education in the Care of Persons with Disabilities Visit Website Home Care For Those Who Brush Someone Else’s Teeth — Oral Care Video Training Program Visit Website Oral Care for the Dependent Patient Visit Website Person-Centered Approach to Handling Resistance to Daily Hygiene… Read More »»
Substance Abuse Resources & Programs: Young Adults
February 22, 2012
Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators. ERIC Digest Article describes need for prevention and intervention and recommendations Visit Website PALS: Prevention Works, All of us Together, Learning to Care, Special Modifications PALS Project has trained over 2,300 participating educators to adapt alcohol, tobacco, other drug (ATOD) and… Read More »»
Guide to Substance Abuse & Disability Resources, Second Edition
February 22, 2012
This guide was developed to assist researchers, professionals, and people with disabilities to locate research training materials relating to substance abuse and disabilities that were developed by programs funded by the NIDRR, including: Visit Website
Relationship of preinjury caregiver and family functioning to community integration in adults with traumatic brain injury.
December 28, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship of preinjury caregiver and family functioning to community integration outcomes in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Inception cohort. SETTING: Three TBI Model Systems inpatient rehabilitation facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Persons with TBI (N=141) and their caregivers admitted to inpatient rehabilitation and followed up at 1 to 2 years after injury.… Read More »»
Health Education Research: Education of Caregivers, Consumers, & Families
December 1, 2008
Sexuality issues and gynecologic care of adolescents with developmental disabilities. Greydanus DE, Omar HA. Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-1284, USA. Greydanus@kcms.msu.edu Pediatr Clin North Am. 2008 Dec;55(6):1315-35, viii. All human beings are sexual from birth to… Read More »»
Caregiver Research: Respite Care
February 27, 2008
Effects of respite care for children with developmental disabilities: evaluation of an intervention for at risk families. Cowen PS, Reed DA. College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. perle-cowen@uiowa.edu Public Health Nurs. 2002 Jul-Aug;19(4):272-83. Respite child care programs that provide temporary child care, support, and referral services to families of children… Read More »»
Caregiver Research: Psychiatric Disabilities
February 27, 2008
Predictors of psychological distress in family caregivers of persons with psychiatric disabilities. Provencher HL, Perreault M, St-Onge M, Rousseau M. Faculty of Nursing, Laval University, Centre de Recherche Universite Laval-Robert Giffard, Quebec, Canada. helene.provencher@fsi.ulaval.ca J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2003 Oct;10(5):592-607. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationships of primary and secondary… Read More »»
Caregiver Research: Developmental Disabilities
February 27, 2008
Consumer-directed supports: economic, health, and social outcomes for families. Caldwell J. Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. jcaldw3@uic.edu. Ment Retard. 2006 Dec;44(6):405-17. The impact of a consumer-directed support program on family caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities was explored. Economic, health, and social outcomes were… Read More »»
Caregiver Research: Children with Disabilities
February 27, 2008
Achieving family and provider partnerships for children with special health care needs. Denboba D, McPherson MG, Kenney MK, Strickland B, Newacheck PW. Division of Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers La, Room 18A-18 Rockville, MD 20857, USA. ddenboba@hrsa.gov Pediatrics.… Read More »»
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