2014

Support for Older People with Intellectual Disability in Australia and the United States

Who:  Barbara Bowers

What:   This project is a collaboration between UW Madison School of Nursing and the Australian Catholic University.  Based on 6 years of research conducted in Victoria, Australia, the two collaborators developed a comprehensive training program for staff working in group homes and assisted living environments for people with intellectual disability. The training program was launched in Victoria, Australia through the Department of Health and has now been adopted by the Wisconsin Department of Health