Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia: Developing Effective Interventions

by Diana Kerr

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia. Like the population at large, people with learning disabilities are living longer, and therefore an increasing number are developing dementia. Service providers, planners, doctors, social workers, carers and direct support staff need to be equipped with relevant knowledge prior to the onset of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843104423
• ISBN13: 9781843104421
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"