The edge of change: A report to the President on mental retardation program trends and innovations, with recommendations on residential care, manpower, and deprivation

1968 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Residential Care

scholarly journals The Assimilation of Assistive Technology in Residential Care Centers for People with Intellectual Disabilities

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 178-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Carmeli ◽  
Carmit Cahana ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Special Support ◽  
Study Results ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Relationship

People with intellectual disability (ID) require special support in order to achieve independence in their daily life. Persons with ID are less exposed to assistive technology, although studies have shown that the availability of aids afford an opportunity to reach independence and cooperation. The aim of this study was to examine the nature of the relationship between involvement of the physiotherapy (PT) team and the degree to which assistive technology was used. A questionnaire was sent to all PTs employed at all 54 residential care centers for persons with ID of the Division for Mental Retardation at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Israel. A significantly positive correlation was found between the degree of involvement of the PT and the utilization of assistive technology. The study results may be summarized by stating that PTs demonstrated a great deal of involvement, particularly in relation to the extent of their work in the residential care centers. PT's awareness of the importance was indicated as the major reason to use assistive technology.

Mental Retardation: A Family Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-547
Author(s):  
RICHARD KOCH
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Family Study ◽  
Original Study

This is a monumental study of the relatives of 289 persons who lived at Faribault Minnesota State Colony for the Retarded during the years 1911 to 1918. Information about 82,217 persons is analyzed in this volume—each retardate averaged 25 years of residential care within the institution. The original study was developed in 1910 and was reopened in 1949 by the present investigators. I find it difficult to assess the value of this book for pediatricians. It is undoubtedly a very meaningful report for geneticists, but I would not recommend its purchase by the practicing pediatrician.

scholarly journals Helicobacter pylori Infection in Persons with Intellectual Disability in Residential Care in Israel

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 264-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joav Merrick ◽  
Shoshana Aspler ◽  
Inessa Dubman
Keyword(s):  
Helicobacter Pylori ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Treatment Success ◽  
Campylobacter Pylori ◽  
Persistent Symptoms ◽  
Dyspeptic Symptoms ◽  
H Pylori

Helicobacter pylori (formerly Campylobacter pylori) was identified in 1982 by researchers from Australia as a pathogenic factor in peptic ulcer disease. Due to the few studies on H. pylori infection conducted in the population of persons with intellectual disability it was decided to conduct a clinical study in Israel. The purpose of the study was to determine the occurrence of H. pylori infection in persons who presented with severe dyspeptic symptoms and to monitor clinically the effect of treatment. The Division for Mental Retardation in Israel provides service to 6,022 persons in 53 residential care centers and 1 in central Israel was selected for this pilot study. The study has been performed since 1999 and each patient who came to the medical clinic of the institution with severe dyspeptic symptoms was examined clinically and a blood specimen drawn for IgG antibodies to H. pylori (ELISA, Pharmatop Millenia). In case of positive serology, triple drug treatment (amoxycillin, metronidazole, and pantoprazole or omepra-zole) was initiated for 1 week. Since 1999 a total of 43 persons (total population in care was 224) had severe dyspeptic symptoms and 42 persons (98%, 26 males, 16 females, mean age 45 years, mean institutionalization 20 years) had Helicobacter infection. All patients were treated for 1 week, but six patients received an extra month of omeprazole due to persistent symptoms. At follow-up, clinically all patients had improvement and only seven still had minor complaints (83% treatment success). Persons with developmental disability, intellectual disability, or mental retardation in residential care presenting with severe dyspeptic symptoms had a high incidence of H. pylori infection. Therefore, we recommend serology or urea breath investigations in this population presenting with dyspeptic symptoms and triple drug treatment for 1 week in case of positive findings.

Jansky-Bielschowsky syndrome, a lysosomal disease: First diagnosed cash in Oman

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 632-633
Author(s):  
Line Buhl ◽  
David Muirhead
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Neurological Disorder ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis ◽  
Infantile Form ◽  
Lysosomal Disease ◽  
Juvenile Form ◽  
Progressive Encephalopathy ◽  
Lysosomal Diseases

There are four lysosomal diseases of which the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis is the rarest. The clinical presentation and their characteric abnormal ultrastructure subdivide them into four types. These are known as the Infantile form (Santavuori-Haltia), Late infantile form (Jansky-Bielschowsky), Juvenile form (Batten-Spielmeyer-Voght) and the Adult form (Kuph's).An 8 year old Omani girl presented wth myclonic jerks since the age of 4 years, with progressive encephalopathy, mental retardation, ataxia and loss of vision. An ophthalmoscopy was performed followed by rectal suction biopsies (fig. 1). A previous sibling had died of an undiagnosed neurological disorder with a similar clinical picture.

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