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Antonia Thimm1, Friedrich Dieckmann2, Theresia Haßler2
1Institut für Teilhabeforschung, Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abt. Münster, Piusallee 89, 48147, Münster, Deutschland. a.thimm@katho-nrw.de.
Background:
The number of aged persons with intellectual disability (ID) in Germany is increasing; however, reliable data on the residential settings in which they live are missing. The aim of this study was to estimate how adults with ID of different age groups are distributed over the various residential settings using the example of Westphalia-Lippe.
Material And Methods:
Administrative data on all adults with ID who received aid for social integration were statistically analyzed. Data on persons with ID in long-term nursing homes were collected via telephone interviews and questionnaires. Finally, the results were merged to obtain a comprehensive overview for Westphalia-Lippe.
Results:
In Westphalia-Lippe aged persons with ID (≥65 years) rarely live independently but mostly with family members or in supported living arrangements. They are living in larger community-based homes or in residential institutions more frequently than younger persons with ID and one fifth have been living in nursing homes for a comparatively long period of time.
Conclusion:
Older persons with ID have so far hardly benefited from the increasing residential options for supported living. All forms of services and residential arrangements for persons with ID have to adapt to the changing needs for support in old age. Long-term nursing homes should not mutate into places where people spend the complete phase of old age.
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