An Innovation to Address Brain Health and Dementia in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Jennifer Pettis, Karen K Tracy · 2025
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Description
Jennifer Pettis and Karen Tracy describe a new resource in 2025 for brain health care in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Over seven million such adults live in the United States, and their thinking decline is often missed or misread as part of the disability itself. Standard screening tools also fit many of them poorly.
A gerontology society built the companion guide to extend its brain health toolkit for primary care teams. The toolkit's four steps urge teams to kickstart the talk, assess, evaluate, and refer. The new guide adapts each step to the communication needs and care realities of this population.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jennifer Pettis, Karen K Tracy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |