Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Abbreviations

Section 1: background
1. Disability, ageing and transition to retirement
2. Promoting retirement
3. Laying the groundwork in the community

Section 2: constructing the reality
4. Planning
5. Locating a group for an individual
6. A new routine
7. Recruiting and training mentors
8. Monitoring and ongoing support

Section 3: broader issues
9. Conclusions

Readings
Appendix A: travel training
Appendix B: forms
About the authors
Index
Transition to retirement DVD

Promotional Information

The Transition to Retirement (TTR) program aims to help older people with long-term disability build an active retirement lifestyle.

About the Author

Roger Stancliffe is a professor of intellectual disability at the University of Sydney's Centre for Disability Research and Policy.
Nathan Wilson is a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Nicolette Gambin is the Transition to Retirement coordinator at the Australian Foundation for Disability (AFFORD).
Christine Bigby is the director of the Living with Disability Research Centre at LaTrobe University.

Reviews

‘The book “Transition to Retirement: A Guide to Inclusive Practice” is a world leading exemplar of a project that can address this inequality for older adults with intellectual disabilities ... A strength of this manual is that it has been written alongside staff from a local charity who have implemented the Transition to Retirement project adding sound advice regarding the enablers as well as the barriers to implementing this project in practice ... I would highly recommend this book to educators, researchers, commissioners and service providers and it should be on the bookshelves of everyone concerned with how adults with intellectual disabilities age in order to plan a more active and inclusive retirement.’
*Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities*

' ... the book is clear and concise, and will be a useful resource for its
primary audience of social care workers who provide employment support
services.'
*Learning Disability Practice*

' ... the manual is set within the Australian context, [but] the
themes and practical suggestions are transferable to other countries and
cultures and, all in all, it is a good guide to have to hand.'
*Tizard Learning Disability Review*