Description: With improvements in assessment processes, greater awareness of the risk for dementia among people with intellectual disabilities and attention to brain health, there is a greater likelihood that dementia and dementia risk is being identified earlier. There is a growing opportunity to plan for care and potentially slow the process of dementia. This presentation will discuss strategies, guidelines and interventions for better addressing early dementia issues. 

Presenter: Philip McCallion, Ph.D. Dr. McCallion’s research interests fill an important niche in the field of social work, bridging scholarship on aging populations and those with intellectual disabilities such as Down syndrome. He is co-principal investigator of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging, a visiting professor at Trinity College Dublin, a John A. Hartford Foundation Social Work Faculty Scholar and Mentor, and a founding member of the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia. A renowned researcher, since 1996 Dr McCallion has received more than $30 million in research funding and published more than 140 articles on interventions with older adults with chronic conditions, caregivers of frail elderly, persons with Alzheimer's disease, and persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. His interests have extended to creating aging-prepared communities; evaluating non-pharmacological interventions; increasing the reach of palliative care programs; and developing community-oriented projects to assist aging persons with intellectual disabilities. Within his work McCallion emphasizes evidence-based interventions, collaboration with state and local agencies, and community capacity-building. 

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