Lifestyle Approaches for People With Intellectual Disabilities: A  Systematic Multiple Case Analysis

Health care organizations supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) carry out a range of interventions to support and improve a healthy lifestyle. However, it is difficult to implement an active and healthy lifestyle into daily support. The presence of numerous intervention components, multiple levels of influence, and the explicit use of theory are factors that are considered to be essential for implementation in practice. A comprehensive written lifestyle policy provides for sustainability of a lifestyle approach.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - July 28, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Henderika Annegien Steenbergen, Cees P. Van der Schans, Ruud Van Wijck, Johan De Jong, Aly Waninge Tags: Original Study Source Type: research