Life Course Perspectives on Adulthood and Old Age

This volume takes current stock of our current state of knowledge about aging & mental retardation. Its contributors articulate the implications of our knowledge for service delivery issues & policy development & chart directions for future research. Leading researchers present the results of their work, many of whom participated in the Boston Roundtable on Research & Applications in Aging & Developmental Disabilities, held in Boston in November 1990. The impetus for this publication is linked to the effectiveness of the Roundtable meeting held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, in exposing the dynamic range of research currently being conducted & reported. This volume is composed of four sections. The first section addresses the family context of care for adults & elders with mental retardation. The second section examines individual development of people with mental retardation during adulthood & old age. The third section focuses on the provision of services to older people with mental retardation & their families. The final section addresses methodological challenges facing researchers who study aging in people with mental retardation & their families, & can daunt or inspire researchers who seek to unravel the mysteries of human development in the later decades of life.Seltzer, Marsha M. is the author of 'Life Course Perspectives on Adulthood and Old Age' with ISBN 9780940898318 and ISBN 0940898314.