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Older people with learning disabilities Part 1; individuals, ageing and health

Robert Jenkins Principal Lecturer, Unit for Development in Intellectual Disabilities, School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Wales

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In a two-part article, Robert Jenkins considers how nursing care needs to develop in order to support the growing numbers of people with learning disabilities who are living into older age. Elere, he looks at definitions, health issues and nursing needs.

Nursing Older People. 16, 10, 30-33. doi: 10.7748/nop.16.10.30.s11

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■ Learning disabilities: older adults - ■ Learning disabilities nursing - These key words are based on subject headings from the British Nursing