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Tamar Heller
Researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago
Publications - 129
Citations - 5498
Tamar Heller is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intellectual disability & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 127 publications receiving 5147 citations.
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Training Professionals to Facilitate Future Planning for Aging Caregivers: Exploratory Results From a Multistate Intervention
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“It’s not the same without you:” Exploring the experience and perception of transition for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia
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Community Capacity to Provide Mental/Behavioral Health Services for People With IDD Transitioning From State-Operated Developmental Centers.
Amie Lulinski,Tamar Heller +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the capacity of community-based providers of residential supports and services to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who transitioned out of state-operated institutions into community based settings and find that people who returned to an institution post-transition tended to be younger, have higher IQ score, were more likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, tended to have shorter previous lengths of stay at an institution, transitioned to larger settings, and received services from an agency receiving behavioral health technical assistance.
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Mental Health of Older Adults With Intellectual Disability.
TL;DR: Education, policy changes, and research are needed to improve the mental health care of this population and an important social perspective is offered in addressing these needs.