Dementia in people with Intellectual Disability: A longitudinal study with focus on translatable outcomes.

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

People with an intellectual disability (ID) may be more prone to dementia, especially at younger ages. Dr. Evans is a psychologist whose research background is in mental health in ID. This fellowship will allow her to expand her existing study of dementia in people with ID, to examine the usefulness of selected screening tools and assessments for dementia in this group, and to identify improvements in the way that people with ID who develop dementia receive help within health system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Targeted Calls

Funding Amount: $468,151.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

dementia | dementia care | health service utilisation | intellectual disability | workforce policy