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Jenny’s diary: A toolkit to support conversations about dementia with someone with a learning disability

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Created By: Square Peg Training

Date Published: 2015

Category: Improve communication, Learn from people with lived experience

Description:

This toolkit provides care partners guidance on how to talk about dementia with someone who has an intellectual disability. It provides a three step approach to speaking about dementia. These steps include, how to begin speaking about dementia, how to speak about the diagnosis to a person with an intellectual disability, and guidance for telling friends and family about it. This toolkit is available in different languages on the website.

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  • Features disability perspectives
  • Is intended for a public audience
  • Created internationally