Lee Health, FGCU conducting joint study
Lee Health and Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) are jointly exploring opportunities to improve healthcare, wellness and support services provided to persons living in Southwest Florida with an Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) diagnosis, as well as their families and caregivers.
Officials reported a recent market study that was conducted uncovered the potential to improve services to this segment of the local population that will help them thrive more successfully in the community.
The organizations are conducting a survey to learn more directly from this population on how they can enhance and expand services that will be most impactful to them. The survey links are as follows:
• Caregiver, advocate or family member of an individual diagnosed with IDD:
https://fgcu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1q8hJUZjQE54pM
• Individual diagnosed with IDD:
https://fgcu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0650f7LZhTKjZX0
Officials noted that for reference, the organizations are defining intellectual and developmental disability as disorders that are usually present at birth and affect the physical, intellectual and/or emotional development of the person throughout their life. Common examples are autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, spina bifida, childhood acquired brain injury and other genetic disorders.