Adults with Down’s syndrome and their families need different levels of support to achieve the things they wish to in daily life. The first step to getting additional day-to-day support is to ask for a Social Care Assessment from the local authority.
This sections explains how to request different social care assessments in England and how to get the right level of support.
The name and type of the social care assessment varies according to the age of the person.
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Please see the latest copy of the Defeat Dementia in DownSyndrome Research Group's autumn newsletter: https://bit.ly/2Eulxz7
We are so pleased to hear that the NIH has extended their funding for the next 5 years for the team's research in the study of ageing in Down's syndrome! We look forward to hearing updates.
They are also looking for participants to get involved in a study investigating how people with learning disabilities are supported to make decisions about contraception.
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