3 Jun 2011

Agreements needed to ensure good palliative care for people with learning disabilities and advanced dementia

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:42 PM PDT
In common with other European countries, Ireland’s national database of people with learning disabilities has shown increasing ageing trends in prevalence rates and the biggest proportional increase in the next 5-10 years is expected to be will be among persons aged 50 years and over with the associated risks of developing diseases such as dementia. [...]