title: Analyzing Pennsylvania community residential facilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
abstract: Evolving residential requirements for individuals with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and related developmental disabilities increasingly place these persons in community settings. The increasing numbers of these individuals are dependent upon local practitioners for needed health services. National and Pennsylvania data are reviewed in an effort to provide a general awareness of these community living arrangements, which in turn may assist in the delivery and the follow-up of oral health services.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8706, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006276:Health Facility Size / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology