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Bridging the Aging and Developmental Disabilities Service Networks: Challenges and Best Practices

April 25, 2012

This report identifies policy and service delivery issues pertaining to older adults with developmental disabilities and their families and recommends opportunities to enhance collaboration among the aging, disability, and long-term care networks.


Funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities through the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.

Produced by the Institute on Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago

Authors: Alan Factor, Tamar Heller, Matthew Janicki: Institute on Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago

This report identifies policy and service delivery issues pertaining to older adults with developmental disabilities and their families and recommends opportunities to enhance collaboration among the aging, disability, and long-term care networks. Key policy initiatives addressed include the Aging and Disability Resource Centers, the Lifespan Respite Act, the National Alzheimer's Project Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

This document is only available electronically. Download a copy of the report at right.