Healthy Brain Resources for People with IDD and their Supports

Resources

• Over-Medication and Older Adults with Intellectual Disability: Risks for Brain Health
• Intellectual Disability and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Resource Guide for Rhode Islanders
• Working Resources List on Dementia Care Abstracts (v20c)
• The RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center
• Risk Factors for Dementia
• Dementia and IDD | Julie Moran, DO Discusses Dementia, Aging, and IDD
  
• Social Determinants Data Linked to Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s
• Association of Neighborhood-Level Disadvantage With Alzheimer Disease Neuropathology

• ACT on Alzheimer’s Minnesotans Working Together on the Impact of Alzheimer’s
• Intellectual Disability and Dementia: Perspectives on Environmental Influences
• The INCLUDE Project Research Plan (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome)
• Resources for Individuals with IDD and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (one-page guides)
• National Healthy Brain Initiative – International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA2) 
• National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging

CDC Links

• CDC Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Program (AD + HAP) Website
• CDC AD + HAP – Communications Center no cost materials for download
• CDC National Healthy Brain Initiative (NHBI) – NHBI details & awardees 

• CDC BOLD Public Health Centers of Excellence – Centers of Excellence details and awardees
• CDC BOLD Programs  – Program details & awardees
• CDC Healthy Brain Initiative Updates-The HBI and BOLD Projects (Lisa McGuire)

Training Programs

• Evidence-Based Practice Toolkit
• The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ECHO® Program

Training Curriculum: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (HRSA Health Care Workforce)

Screening Tools

• Systematic Review of Cognitive Assessment Instruments

• Evaluation of the National Task Group-Early Detection Screen for Dementia: Sensitivity to ‘mild cognitive impairment’ in adults with Down syndrome

COVID-19 and Intellectual Disability

• COVID-19 Guidance for Older Adults
• COVID-19 and Intellectual Disability Bibliography – NTG
• COVID-19 HealthMatters Program Webinar Series 2020
• COVID-19 and Down syndrome Survey – Infographic
• COVID-19 Decision Aid-How Do I Choose When to Interact with People or Take Part in Activities Outside My Home During the Pandemic
• COVID-19 and Individuals with Alzheimer’s
• Effect of COVID-19 on People with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
• Joe Biden’s plan to support people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Telemedicine Treatment and Care for Patients with Intellectual Disability

• An international survey on the impact of COVID-19 in individuals with Down syndrome
• CDC COVID-19 Guidance Regarding Individuals with Disabilities
• Things to Know about the COVID Vaccine
• Risk-Benefit-Return-to-Activity
• Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
• COVID-19 Vaccine Information in Plain Language
• COVID-19 Vaccines-A Plain Language Guide
• Irish Guidance and Practical Resource Pack in Preparation for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme Disability Services