Online Masterclass Series: National Intellectual Disability Memory Service

A series of masterclasses responding to the care needs of people with an intellectual disability and dementia from 12th Nov to 8th Dec

About this Event

This masterclass series is a preparatory session for staff and family members caring for someone with an intellectual disability recently or likely to be diagnosed with dementia.

The focus of this series of masterclasses is to help us to reflect on, and to plan for, how we can optimise high-quality person-centred dementia care. Every masterclass will build on each other and look at the challenges and opportunities in care across the continuum of dementia.

1. Understanding dementia in people with an intellectual disability: A model to diagnose dementia (Thursday, 12th November 2pm – 3pm)
2. Living life with dementia: Practical Approaches to Care - in association with Cope Foundation (Tuesday, 17th November 2pm – 3pm)
3. Communication, social connectedness and relationships: Working with life history (Tuesday, 24th November 2pm – 3pm)
4. The language of behaviour: Understanding and alleviating emotional distress in persons with dementia during lockdown (Tuesday, 8th December 2pm – 3pm)

Further masterclasses in this series will take place in the New Year.

The masterclass series will be led by Prof Mary McCarron, Executive Director, NIDMS Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability, Prof Seán Kennelly, Clinical Director, NIDMS and Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, Tallaght University Hospital and Evelyn Reilly, cANP in Dementia and Intellectual Disability, NIDMS and the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Service

This masterclass series is of interest to:

• All clinical and multidisciplinary support staff members and families who provide supports to people with dementia or at risk of developing dementia
• Families and staff who provide supports to people at the end stages of life

Background to the Masterclasses

People with intellectual disability, particularly those with Down syndrome, have a greater risk of developing dementia and at a younger age than the rest of the population. The National Intellectual Disability Memory Service is committed to improving early detection of dementia in people with an intellectual disability and offering post-diagnostic supports.

For any further queries

Please email [email protected] with any enquiries or if you have any questions to pose to the Masterclass panels.

Please note that attendees will be limited to the first 1,000 people registered but that each session will be recorded.

By registering for this event, you will receive notifications about all masterclasses in the series, plus post-class evaluations, a short Training Needs Analysis questionnaire and you may receive other notifications relative to the Memory Service. You can unsubscribe at any time.