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Ailidh Aikman 25/04/2022 Ailidh Aikman 25/04/2022

Living with dementia when you are deaf

The British Deaf Association (BDA) has been working tirelessly over the last few years to create dementia resources for the deaf community.

Ailidh Aikman 20/06/2019 Ailidh Aikman 20/06/2019

Transforming the deaf dementia experience

The British Deaf Association (BDA) have developed the project ‘Transforming the Deaf Dementia Experience’. The project is a community interest initiative supporting deaf people, and their carers, who are living with a diagnosis of dementia. Through the provision of accessible resources (also available in British Sign Language (BSL)) the project aims to promote a better understanding of dementia within the deaf community.

Ailidh Aikman 20/02/2019 Ailidh Aikman 20/02/2019

Learning Disabilities and Dementia

Other than Down’s syndrome there is limited research around learning disabilities and dementia. With an increasing life expectancy of people with learning disabilities there is likely to be an increase in dementia prevalence for this group too. This could become a significant economic and health issue if the area remains under researched and the sector under prepared.