"How will we cope?" Couples with intellectual disability where one partner has a diagnosis of dementia

DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Couples with intellectual disability continue to enjoy intimate relationships into later life and will face common conditions in older age including dementia. Those who provide support need to ensure that they are sensitive to the previous experience and life story of each couple and have specific knowledge of how dementia can affect people with intellectual disability.PMID:38505929 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnae030

Source: The Gerontologist - March 20, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Karen Watchman Paula Jacobs Louise Boustead Andrew Doyle Lynn Doyle Jan Murdoch Jill Carson Louise Hoyle Heather Wilkinson Source Type: research