Social work response needed to the challenge of COVID-19 for aging people with intellectual and developmental disabilties

ABSTRACT

This reprinted chapter originally appeared in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2020, 63[6-7], 595-597. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2021-00510-011.) The COVID-19 pandemic affects all of us, but consequences are more serious for those who are older or have chronic conditions and immune disorders. Places where numbers of people are living together, such as in nursing homes, have also proven to be particularly vulnerable. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) frequently present with the same risk factors but are largely forgotten in the care, response, and policy discussion. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)