Jacqueline
McGinley,
PhD, LMSW
Assistant Professor
Binghamton University
College of Community & Public Affairs
Jacqueline McGinley, PhD, LMSW is an Assistant Professor with the Binghamton University Department of Social Work. She is also a member of the Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPE) faculty at the University. Her research interests relate to issues of aging and serious illness for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including how to educate and train interprofessional teams to support people with disabilities and their carers at the end of life.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are 2.5 times more likely to experience serious health issues when compared to people without disabilities (Voss et al., 2019). They are also at greater risk for conditions that disproportionately impact the quality of their lives, such as: coronary heart disease, diabetes, and early-onset dementia (Williamson et al., 2016). These disproportionate health disparities, in the context of an overextended healthcare system, demands attention if people with IDD are to experience not just extended but higher…