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Older People with Learning Disability and Dementia

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09/04/2008 - 00:30
09/04/2008 - 14:38

Older People with Learning Disability and Dementia 9th April 2008 - Armagh City Hotel, Armagh

Aim: This is a one day specialist conference on dementia care for people with a learning disability. Items covered will include understanding person centred approaches, early signs of dementia, differentiating dementia from treatable illness, communication, the impact of the environment, pain and palliative care and assistive technology. Our keynote speaker will be Diana Kerr who is the author of Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia: Developing Effective Interventions published by Jessica Kingsley in 2007.

Suitable for: All health, social work, housing, voluntary, statutory and private sector staff with a responsibility to provide direct care, or plan, or manage and deliver services, commission and inspect services, which support people with a learning disability.

 

Contact: The Dementia Services Development Centre - Northern Ireland

Telephone: 028 90 930070

Email: dementiacentreni@stir.ac.uk

Website: www.dementiacentre.org

 

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