A LOOK AT THE FUNCTIONAL LOSSES IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
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Seniors with intellectual disabilities face unique challenges and need specialized support to ensure their physical, emotional, and social well-being. Institutions that support elderly people with intellectual disabilities deal with the weakening of family relationships when faced with aging and wear and tear on parents and/or guardians. In order to know the reality of adults and elderly people with intellectual disabilities, during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the institutions of the municipality of São Paulo that are active to the Forum for the Aging of Elderly People with Intellectual Disabilities (FEPIDI) in the period 2020-2022, an exploratory research of a qualitative and descriptive nature was developed, covering 198 elderly people with intellectual disabilities. The Forum on the Aging of the Elderly with Intellectual Disabilities was formed in 2009, with representatives of several institutions in the city of São Paulo, which serve people with intellectual disabilities in adulthood and in the process of aging, its objective is to collect data, elaborate and disseminate information about the aging of people with intellectual disabilities, provoke reflections for public policies and care protocols that can favor the guarantee of rights, autonomy and quality of life of elderly people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The study presented by FEDIPI highlights the cognitive vulnerability of an elderly population with intellectual disabilities, especially aggravated by the conditions of panic, stress and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis addressed different areas, such as language, memory, reasoning, perception, among others, highlighting the challenges faced by this population.
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Copyright (c) 2025 Sonia Francisca de Paula Monken, Maria Regina de Sousa Campos Leondarides, Ester Rosenberg Tarandach, Inês Celeste Lourenço Giopato, Deborah Boschetti, Rosa Miyasato Decina, Angela Maize Silva Alves, Juliana Barica Righini, Daniela Karmeli, Rosângela Aparecida dos SantosAuthor(s)
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Sonia Francisca de Paula Monken
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Maria Regina de Sousa Campos Leondarides
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Ester Rosenberg Tarandach
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Inês Celeste Lourenço Giopato
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Deborah Boschetti
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Rosa Miyasato Decina
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Angela Maize Silva Alves
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Juliana Barica Righini
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Daniela Karmeli
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Rosângela Aparecida dos Santos