Dementia is strongly linked to Down syndrome and contributes to early death in people with Down syndrome

Gareth Parsons

doi:10.1136/ebnurs-2018-103060

Dementia is strongly linked to Down syndrome and contributes to early death in people with Down syndrome

Gareth Parsons

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Abstract

Commentary on: Hithersay R, Startin CM, Hamburg S, et al. Association of Dementia With Mortality Among Adults With Down Syndrome Older Than 35 Years. JAMA Neurol 2018. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.3616. [Epub ahead of print 19 Nov 2018]. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.3616

Implications for practice and research

Care for older adults with Down syndrome should be organised with the exceptional risk of developing dementia in mind as this will improve their medical outcomes.

There is an urgent need for research into effective treatments for dementia in adults with Down syndrome to prevent or delay the onset of dementi

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27
Number of pages	1
Journal	Evidence Based Nursing
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2018-103060
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

dementia
neuropathology
adult
Down syndrome
human

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Distinctive lives and deaths: a retrospective survey of the last months of life of people with Down Syndrome
Todd, S., Worth, E., Shearn, J., Parsons, G., Bernal, J., Hunt, K. & Oloidi, E. O., 2019, (Submitted) In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.
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Dementia is strongly linked to Down syndrome and contributes to early death in people with Down syndrome

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Help seeking increases stress among caregivers of partners with young-onset dementia

Distinctive lives and deaths: a retrospective survey of the last months of life of people with Down Syndrome

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