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Dementia in people with Down syndrome is a one-day seminar, hosted by Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability, which explores the latest findings in the area of brain health, cognitive ageing and dementia among people with Down syndrome. Learners will explore symptom recognition, assessment tools, biomarkers, advances in treatments and relevant infrastructure to support healthy, happy ageing. Book a place on https://bit.ly/2GeI6WT or contact Mr Gavin Dann, Senior Executive Officer on Email: danng@tcd.ie or by Phone: (01) 896 3186.

A half-day symposium on Ageing and Intellectual Disability is happening On Thursday, 7 March 2019 as part of the Trinity College Dublin School of Nursing and Midwifery Research School. Papers to be presented on the day include a keynote by the Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of TCAID, Prof Mary McCarron entitled The future is now: RNID-led research and practice advancing excellence in care for people with intellectual disability. There will also be papers on end-of-life care needs, transition from congregated settings, Person Centred Planning, oral health and assisted decision making.

In January 2019, we will be running the popular Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on improving healthcare and health assessments for people with intellectual disabilities. The course is aimed at healthcare professionals, care providers and others who work with people with an intellectual disability. Over three weeks, the free online course will explore best practice techniques for communication, assessment, and developing accessible materials for people with an intellectual disability. It is now open for registration on the FutureLearn platform and starts on the 21st January, 2019. It is led by Dr Eilish Burke, Ussher Assistant Professor in Ageing and Intellectual Disability at Trinity College Dublin and the Associate Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability.

People with intellectual disabilities from six different services met in Trinity College Dublin to celebrate the culmination of a year-long physical activity leadership project, PPALs. The PPALs project is about empowering people with ID to make their communities healthier by becoming Physical Activity Leaders and today saw the newly trained PPALs awarded their certificates of completion by Minister Catherine Byrne, TD and rugby player Rob Kearney.

With just under one week to go to the information webinar on the Ageing Health and Wellbeing in Intellectual Disability information webinar this is a reminder to register.