Mortality among a Cohort of Persons with an Intellectual Disability in New South Wales, Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 383-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Florio ◽  
Julian Trollor
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

scholarly journals Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: a data linkage cohort

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e031624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Reppermund ◽  
Theresa Heintze ◽  
Preeyaporn Srasuebkul ◽  
Rebecca Reeve ◽  
Kimberlie Dean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Use ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Psychiatric Admission ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wide Range

PurposePeople with intellectual disability (ID) experience high rates of physical and mental health problems, while access to appropriate healthcare is often poor. This cohort was established to develop an epidemiological profile related to the health, health service use, disability services, mortality and corrective services records of people with ID.ParticipantsThe cohort contains 92 542 people with ID (40% females) with a median age of 23 years (IQR: 12–43 years) and 2 004 475 people with a neuropsychiatric or developmental disorder diagnosis (50% females) with a median age of 51 years (IQR: 29–73 years) from New South Wales, Australia. The whole sample contains records for 2 097 017 individuals with most data sets spanning financial years 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2016. A wide range of data from linked population data sets are included in the areas of disability, health, corrective services and targeted specialist support services in public schools, Public Guardian and Ombudsman services.Findings to dateThis study includes one of the largest cohorts of people with ID internationally. Our data have shown that the presence of ID is significantly associated with emergency department presentations and psychiatric readmissions after the first psychiatric admission based on a subcohort of people with a psychiatric admission. Adults with ID experience premature mortality and over-representation of potentially avoidable deaths compared with the general population.Future plansWithin the health service system, we will examine different components, that is, inpatient, emergency adult services, children and younger people services and costs associated with healthcare as well as mortality, cause and predictors of death. The neuropsychiatric and developmental disorders comparison cohort allows comparisons of the physical health, mental health and service use profiles of people with ID and those with other neuropsychiatric disorders.

scholarly journals Cohort profile: a data linkage cohort to examine health service profiles of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e015627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Reppermund ◽  
Preeyaporn Srasuebkul ◽  
Theresa Heintze ◽  
Rebecca Reeve ◽  
Kimberlie Dean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Supported Competitive Employment

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Jennifer Green
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
New South ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Competitive Employment ◽  
Cooperative Program ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Employment Support ◽  
Site Training

The Community Options Program Employment (COPE) Project, was initiated in October 1985 by the Consultant for Students with Intellectual and/or Physical Disabilities at Blacktown College of TAFE (New South Wales Department of Technical and Further Education). It is a cooperative program in on-site training and competitive employment support, for workers with an intellectual disability.

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