Reliance on carer reports of early symptoms of dementia among adults with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Jamieson Craig, Rebekah ^a   Scior, Katrina ^a   Chan, Trevor ^b   Fenton, Cormac ^c   Strydom, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Highgate Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; DMR; Intellectual disabilities; Screening; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956111931     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2010.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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