Purpose In order to cope with the challenges that are the result of an aging population,
policies and services promote keeping elders in the community and letting them age in …

Although sexuality, reproductive health, and starting a family are human rights that should
be guaranteed for all citizens, they are still taboo issues for people with intellectual disability …

This article discusses three steps involved in moving us toward a theory of individual quality
of life: developing a conceptual model, integrating theory components, and applying and …

Background The changed societal views of persons with disabilities are reflected in the
2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, what …

This chapter makes a distinction between logic models that provide a visual map or narrative
description of how specific program components are related to a program's desired results …

The concept of quality of life (QOL) is increasingly being used in the field of intellectual
disabilities as a conceptual and measurement framework for program planning and …

Mixed evidence exists regarding the relationship between environmental risk perception
and pro-environmental behavior. This study uses an existing online survey conducted by the …

The authors provide an overview of quality of life (QoL) conceptualization in the field of
intellectual disabilities (ID), provide background information, and set an organizing …

This article explores family burden in relation to relatives' coping strategies and social
networks, as well as in relation to the patients' severity of positive and negative symptoms …

There is considerable debate in the area of individual quality of life research regarding the
factor structure and hierarchical nature of the quality of life construct. Our purpose in this …