Ageing Down syndrome population raises dementia issue
By: Lammers, Coen.
Series: Chat 21 Issue 78, Spring 2019 : 6-7. 2019Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): DOWN SYNDROME
| AGEING | DEMENTIA | EPILEPSY | DIAGNOSIS | SUPPORT SERVICES | NEW ZEALAND | DEMENTIA SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (DSQIID)Summary: Notes that as the life expectancy of people with Down syndrome is increasing, the numbers developing dementia is also growing. Looks at the services available in New Zealand for this population. Includes comments from Arnah Trelease, General Manager of Hohepa Canterbury in Christchurch, Geraldine Whatnell from the National Dementia Working Group in the Mid-Central region and Toni Atkinson Group Manager Disability Support Services at the Ministry of Health.
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Notes that as the life expectancy of people with Down syndrome is increasing, the numbers developing dementia is also growing. Looks at the services available in New Zealand for this population. Includes comments from Arnah Trelease, General Manager of Hohepa Canterbury in Christchurch, Geraldine Whatnell from the National Dementia Working Group in the Mid-Central region and Toni Atkinson Group Manager Disability Support Services at the Ministry of Health.
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