How to Bring Together Two Generations so Distant in Age, yet so Close by Heart

2013 ◽  
pp. 379-387
Author(s):  
Helga Fiorani
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Young People ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Retirement Home ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Educational Trend

The focus of this chapter is on the annual project “Adottiamo i nonni dell’ospizio,” translated “Let’s adopt grandparents in retirement home” (LAGR), winner of the Special Prize of Giornata delle Marche (2008). The main aim of the project is to promote the education of young people to active citizenship. It was developed by the teacher L. Del Papa, with the collaboration of 19 pupils of the 5th class, section C, including a girl suffering from Down’s syndrome and the elderly guests of the Opera Pia Ceci nursing home in Camerano (Italy). The project is part of an educational trend called “the thread that links the senior and youth generations,” sponsored by the USR (Ufficio Scolastico Regionale delle Marche).

Population-based study of the prevalence and presentation of dementia in adults with Down's syndrome

1998 ◽  
Vol 172 (6) ◽  
pp. 493-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Holland ◽  
Johnny Hon ◽  
Felicia A. Huppert ◽  
Fran Stevens ◽  
Peter Watson
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Living Skills

BackgroundThe reported prevalence rates of dementia in people with Down's syndrome have varied considerably across studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of clinical change with age using an established diagnostic instrument in an unbiased, population-based sample of older people with Down's syndrome.MethodChanges in memory, personality, general mental functioning and daily living skills were assessed using a modified version of the informant interview of the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly (CAMDEX).ResultsAge-specific prevalence rates of dementia varied according to the diagnostic criteria used. Using CAMDEX criteria for Alzheimer's disease, prevalence rates increased from 3.4 to 10.3 to 40% in the 30–39, 40–49 and 50–59 age group, respectively.ConclusionsOverall, the age-related pattern of presentation and dementia diagnoses differs from that seen in the general elderly population. However, age-specific prevalence rates of Alzheimer's disease were similar but 30–40 years earlier in life.

scholarly journals Electropalatographic therapy for children and young people with Down's syndrome

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 926-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Cleland ◽  
Claire Timmins ◽  
Sara E. Wood ◽  
William J. Hardcastle ◽  
Jennifer G. Wishart
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
Children And Young People

Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in the elderly and in Down's syndrome

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Robb ◽  
A. Vincent ◽  
M.A. McGregor ◽  
A.M. McGregor ◽  
J.M. Newsom-Davis
Keyword(s):  
Acetylcholine Receptor ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Receptor Antibodies

A perceptual and electropalatographic study of /∫/ in young people with Down's syndrome

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 911-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Timmins ◽  
Joanne Cleland ◽  
Sara E. Wood ◽  
William J. Hardcastle ◽  
Jennifer G. Wishart
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome

scholarly journals UM CONVITE A “NOVAS ESTÉTICAS ENSINANTES E APRENDENTES” COM JOVENS COM SÍNDROME DE DOWN NO MUSEU DO AMANHÃ. AN INVITATION TO ORIGINALS AESTHETICS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME AT THE MUSEU DO AMANHÃ.

RevistAleph ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Mello e Silva ◽  
Ana Catarina Ayres Chometon Oliveira ◽  
Débora Feldman Pedrosa Mascarenhas ◽  
Karen Suzane Silva
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Down's Syndrome ◽  
Down’S Syndrome

O presente trabalho reúne pontos de “intercessões” “entre” pesquisadores da Universidade Federal Fluminense cujo interesse está voltado à autonomia de pensamento de pessoas com deficiência intelectual, mais especificamente pessoas com a Síndrome de Down. Trata-se do relato de uma Experiência realizada no Museu do Amanhã com um grupo de cinco jovens. Essa visita teve como objetivo realizar uma experiência filosófica de pensamento, na qual foi possível concluir que a proposta do Museu do Amanhã se constitui em um dispositivo que pode suscitar reflexões filosóficas que são fundamentais para a compreensão de nossa condição humana e se apresentam como uma rica experiência de pensamento que possibilita, a esses jovens, processos de reorganização de seus padrões de compreensão do mundo e da vida.

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