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Maine UCEDD and DD Council Among Co-Sponsors of National Task Group Conference on Aging, Dementia, and Developmental Disabilities

June 6, 2013

(Left) Conference panelist, Janet May: ME UCEDD Coordinator of Transition and Adults (Right) Display samples of assistive and adaptive equipment, courtesy of community partner, ALLTECH.
(Left) Conference panelist, Janet May: ME UCEDD Coordinator of Transition and Adults (Right) Display samples of assistive and adaptive equipment, courtesy of community partner, ALLTECH.

The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (ME UCEDD) and the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council were among several co-sponsors of and participants in an educational conference on aging, dementia, and developmental disabilities in Bangor, ME on May 23, 2013. The conference attracted over 200 participants, including family members, direct support workers, clinicians, program staff, and administrators concerned about adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The Maine UCEDD's featured resources and handouts are posted online here: https://ccids.umaine.edu/resources/aging-dementia-dd-conf-resources/.

Conference presenters included Dr. Matthew P. Janicki, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dr. Lucy Esralew, Trinitas Regional Medical Center (NJ); Mary Hogan, Family Advocate (NTG); Kathryn Pears, Dementia Care Strategies; and Dr. Clifford Singer, Acadia Hospital.   

Janet May, the Maine UCEDD's Coordinator of Transition and Adults, participated in a panel discussion with representatives from the Alzheimer's Association of Maine, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Aging and Disability Services, the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, and the Eastern Area Agency on Aging.

The conference was a joint effort of the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices (NTG), the Charlotte White Center, Momentum, the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, and the University of Maine Center on Aging.