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A resource to assist practitioners and families help people with an intellectual disability understand and come to terms with a diagnosis of dementia.
The authors say that currently there is limited guidance on how to explain dementia to an individual with an intellectual disability and a fear of what will be understood, what words to use and how to cope with the response.
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