PROGRAM
Health co-morbidities in older adults with Down syndrome – assessment and diagnosis
09:00 – 09:30 Registration / coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome and Introduction. Andre Strydom (King’s College London, UK)
09:45 – 10:15 Overview of the health needs of older adults. Tonnie Coppus (Radboud University Medical Center, NL)
10:15 – 10:45 Sleep Apnea. Dr. Anne-Sophie Rebillat (Institut Jerome Lejuene, FR)
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Cognitive function in aging adults. Sharon Krinsky-McHale (New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, USA)
11:30 – 12:00 Dementia management and maintaining functional abilities. (Professor Mary McCarron, Trinity college, Dublin, Ireland)
12:00 – 12:30 Summary and discussion
