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Easy Read dementia information
Easy Read dementia information .Our Easy Read booklets use simple words and images to help you understand dementia.
Read about dementia resources for people with learning disabilities and people who support them.
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Learning disabilities
Learning disabilities .Read about dementia resources for people with learning disabilities and people who support them.
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Learning disabilities and dementia
Learning disabilities and dementia .A person with a learning disability is more likely to develop dementia, and it may get worse quicker than someone without a learning disability. However, for people with more complex learning disabilities, the initial symptoms are likely to be less obvious.
Learning disabilities and dementia - useful organisations
Learning disabilities and dementia - useful organisations .Get details of organisations that can provide information and support if you know someone with learning disabilities who has recently been diagnosed with dementia.
Bridging a gap: Understanding learning disabilities and dementia
Bridging a gap: Understanding learning disabilities and dementia .We visit a project that's helping people with learning disabilities who also develop dementia.
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Supporting a person with a learning disability and dementia
Supporting a person with a learning disability and dementia .There are various ways to treat and support someone with dementia who also has learning disabilities. Here, we outline some of these treatments and provide tips for carers.
Supporting a person with dementia who also has a learning disability
Supporting a person with dementia who also has a learning disability .How to approach helping a relative or friend with a learning disability who’s diagnosed with dementia.
Very able champions: People with learning disabilities uniting against dementia
Very able champions: People with learning disabilities uniting against dementia .A Dementia Friendly Communities Champion in Belfast is improving understanding of dementia among people who, like him, have a learning disability.
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Clear, accessible information about dementia for people with learning disabilities
Clear, accessible information about dementia for people with learning disabilities .From the December 2015/January 2016 issue of our magazine, The Society has two new factsheets for people with learning disabilities. Andrew Bence meets the people who helped to develop and test them.
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Supporting Dad after his dementia diagnosis as a person with a learning disability
Supporting Dad after his dementia diagnosis as a person with a learning disability .Adam Joesbury, in Birmingham, cares for his father Bob. Adam has a learning disability and is using his voice to call for more support for carers like him.