Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities

Models of care and support at home:- What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of care and support models (for example, assistive technology) for people growing older with learning disabilities to enable them to live in the family home?

Identifying health conditions:- What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of different ways of identifying age-related and other physical and mental health conditions, in people growing older with learning disabilities?
What can mainstream and specialist health services do to facilitate:
- early identification of health conditions in people with learning disabilities?
- equal access to health services in people with learning disabilities?

Education and training programmes: self-management:- What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of education programmes to improve information and advice and to support self-management of chronic health conditions (for example, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease) for people growing older with learning disabilities, and their family members and carers?

Dementia education and training programmes for family members and carers:- What is the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and acceptability of training programmes (for
example, in the use of life story work) for families of people growing older with learning disabilities who have dementia or are at risk of developing it?

Advance planning about end of life care:- What is the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of advance care planning for end of life care for people growing older with learning disabilities, and their family members and carers?
What processes are in place to document and follow the wishes of people growing older with learning disabilities about their decisions on end of life care?