Tools for Assessment and Care

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Sites are listed alphabetically.

American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR)

The American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR) is a major U. S. professional membership organization. Information is available on journals, a bookstore, and various special interest groups. Copies of dementia related reports may be downloaded from this site.

Center for Architecture and Building Science Research (CABSR)

The Center for Architecture and Building Science Research (CABSR) is dedicated to scanning the interaction between the built environment and society. The Developmental Disabilities Planning Institute provides technical assistance, planning, and research. Health Care and Environments Research addresses the role of the environment in health and wellbeing. Reports, books, and videos are available.

Center for Assistive Technology at the University at Buffalo

The Center for Assistive Technology at the University at Buffalo conducts research, trains students and providers, disseminates information, and provides assistive devices for persons with disabilities and persons who are aging.

Centers for Disease Control

The Centers for Disease Control’s booklet for falls prevention is available from this site.

Cornucopia of Disability Information

The Cornucopia of Disability Information is a resource for consumers and providers that includes information on aging, assistive technology, and universal design.

International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities

The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities is an international and interdisciplinary scientific organization that promotes worldwide research and exchange of information on intellectual disabilities. The Edinburgh Principles on dementia care for persons with intellectual disabilities may be found under “documents.”

Ontario Forum on Aging and Developmental Disabilities

The Ontario Forum on Aging and Developmental Disabilities (OFADD) is forging links between the Long Term Care sector and the Developmental Disabilities Services sector.

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (at the University of Illinois at Chicago)

The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (RRTCADD) promotes the successful aging of adults with intellectual (mental retardation) and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in response to physical, cognitive, and environmental changes.

The University of Rochester Medical Center: The Division of Geriatrics and Aging

The Division of Geriatrics & Aging serves as the academic home to geriatricians on faculty at the University of Rochester. The Division, consistently ranked among the best in the country, places an emphasis on leadership training, interdepartmental collaboration, community integration, educational innovation and the melding of medical practice and research within the long term care continuum.