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People with learning disabilities ‐ an ageing population

Noelle Blackman

The Journal of Adult Protection

ISSN: 1466-8203

Publication date: 1 August 2007

Abstract

Just like everyone else, people with learning disabilities (PWLD) are living longer. This means that there are new considerations to be made by professionals and services working to support them. However, it is also important to remember that PWLD are a broad group of people with differing abilities and needs, and there are many different issues that need to be considered. These considerations are a challenge, which as a society we are only just beginning to recognise and respond to, despite having known that this situation was approaching for more than a decade. In this article I will probably raise more questions than I will answer, but recognising the issues is the first step towards developing a response.

Keywords

  • Older people with learning disabilities (PWLD)
  • Ageing
  • Older families
  • Dementia
  • Down's syndrome

Citation

Blackman, N. (2007), "People with learning disabilities ‐ an ageing population", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200700015

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