The following video is beneficial and recommended for families, service providers and healthcare professionals caring for aging adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Itʻs a basic introduction to the important curriculum created by the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices (NTG) https://www.the-ntg.org. The presenter, Hawaii geriatrician Dr. Ritabelle Fernandes, is a certified trainer for the NTG. This video was funded by the Alzheimerʻs Disease Programs Initiative grant awarded to Catholic Charities Hawaii from the Administration for Community Living, Washington D.C.
“With the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the NTG has joined with several Down syndrome national organizations to produce and issue a new resource on COVID-19 and Down syndrome. The resource is available in English and Spanish. The resource provides up-to-date information on COVID-19, testing, vaccinations, and wellness for families and others concerned with the impact of COVID-19 upon persons of all ages with Down syndrome.” Taken from the NTG COVID-19 web page: https://www.the-ntg.org/covid-19-qanda
An important objective of Catholic Charities Hawaiiʻs grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) is to improve the quality and effectiveness of programs and services to individuals aging with intellectual disabilities (ID) with dementia or at high risk for developing dementia.
The major national advocate for this issue and one of the principal collaborators on our grant is:
The National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities & Dementia Practices (NTG): https://www.the-ntg.org/
From NTG website: “NTG is a coalition charged with ensuring that the interests of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are affected by Alzheimerʻs disease and dementias – as well as their family and friends — are taken into account as part of the National Plan to Address Alzheimerʻs Disease.” https://aspe.hhs.gov/national-alzheimers-project-act#Council
Catholic Charities Hawaii will be working closely with NTG experts on the following activities and will post these trainings and resources on this website as theyʻre developed:
For the Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Circle of Care for Dementia grant from the Administration for Community Living, the NTG is partnering with us on increasing resources for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers, professionals and service providers. In the Spring and Summer of 2020, NTG held a series of nine informative and timely national webinars on topics related to IDD and COVID-19. All speakers are national experts on these topics. They have provided us with access to all the recorded webinars. You can access each one here.
NTG will also be presenting Hawaii-specific webinars starting in October 2020 and through 2021. We’ll post notices of these upcoming workshops soon! Find out more about NTG at this link: https://www.the-ntg.org
