An introduction to the needs of the older person with Down syndrome and how this may affect their health and wellbeing alongside the supports they may need.
This session offers some background, offer insights and information, and demonstrate best practice when supporting people with Down syndrome.
Presenter Geraldine Whatnell
Geraldine (Dina) Whatnell is the Nurse Practitioner Mental Health and Addictions Service, Palmerston North Hospital. Geraldine brings with her nearly forty years of professional skills and knowledge in the specialist area of developmental disabilities (intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder) and mental illness; alongside this, Geraldine has a wealth of personal lived experience – her younger brother Mark having a diagnosis of Down syndrome and now dementia.