Successful ageing for people with intellectual disability

This talk aims to:

1. Engage the audience in a deeper understanding of the epidemiology and presentation of age related disorders including the dementias in people with an intellectual disability (ID)
2. Examine the possible explanations for the over-representation of dementia in this population group
3. Examine the application of the concept of ‘successful ageing’ in people with an intellectual disability
4. Propose positive steps which can be taken to improve health and well-being in older people with an ID.

A QLD DTSC lecture presentation by Dr Julian Trollor, Neuropsychiatrist, inaugural Chair of Intellectual Disability Mental Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Head of the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry within the School of Psychiatry at UNSW.