Heston-Mullins Jennifer, Primetica Branka, Bibbo Jessica, Bollin Salli, Wyrostek Lyndi, Barrett Donna, Williman Marty, Burman Bonnie, Haas Ashley, Scharf Lauranne, Huth Megan, Hudak Jennifer, Kinzig Elizabeth
Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (MSASS), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Gerontologist. 2025 Jun 12;65(7). doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaf137.
Service and research organizations in Ohio collaborated to develop and expand dementia-capable home and community-based service systems, with a focus on individuals living with intellectual and developmental disability and dementia or at risk of dementia through the Administration for Community Living Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI).
Over a 6-year period, 3 projects engaged over 900 individuals living with dementia and their supports and approximately 3500 service professionals through 6 education initiatives and 3 evidence-based interventions.
Collaborations between grantees and community partners resulted in relationship-building and knowledge transfer between aging and intellectual and developmental disability service networks, increases in individual dementia and intellectual and developmental disability knowledge and confidence, intellectual and developmental disability-specific adaptations to evidence-based interventions and educational initiatives, and identification of research gaps in the fields of aging and intellectual and developmental disability.
Aging and intellectual and developmental disability professionals now have a better understanding of intellectual and developmental disability and dementia and are more aware of the needs of individuals with life-long disability as they age. Ohio provides a compelling case study of how collaboration and knowledge transfer between the aging and intellectual and developmental disability sectors can build a foundation for innovative practices and policies to address shared challenges and opportunities.
俄亥俄州的服务与研究机构合作开发并扩展了具备痴呆症应对能力的居家和社区服务系统，重点关注患有智力和发育障碍及痴呆症的个体，或通过社区生活管理局的阿尔茨海默病项目倡议（ADPI）有患痴呆症风险的个体。
在6年时间里，3个项目通过6项教育举措和3项循证干预措施，让900多名患有痴呆症的个体及其支持者以及约3500名服务专业人员参与其中。
受资助者与社区合作伙伴之间的合作在老龄化与智力和发育障碍服务网络之间建立了关系并实现了知识转移，增加了个体对痴呆症以及智力和发育障碍的了解和信心，对循证干预措施和教育举措进行了针对智力和发育障碍的调整，并确定了老龄化以及智力和发育障碍领域的研究差距。
老龄化以及智力和发育障碍领域的专业人员现在对智力和发育障碍及痴呆症有了更好的理解，并且更加了解终身残疾个体随着年龄增长的需求。俄亥俄州提供了一个引人注目的案例研究，展示了老龄化与智力和发育障碍部门之间的合作与知识转移如何能够为应对共同挑战和机遇的创新实践与政策奠定基础。
