Differentiating care for persons with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning: a Delphi study on the opinions of primary and professional caregivers and scientists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The demand for support for persons with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning is growing rapidly. These persons often encounter individual and familial limitations that influence their human functioning, and often have difficulty coping with the demands of modern society. Although in the areas of policy, research and practice, people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning are generally approached as one group, important differences between them have been reported. Current support seems to be both suboptimal and insufficiently differentiated.

Methods

In this Delphi study we aimed to explore the need for appropriate and differentiated support for individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderli

SUBMITTER: Nouwens PJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008567 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature