International Summit Consensus Statement: Intellectual Disability Inclusion in National Dementia Plans

@article{Watchman2017InternationalSC,
  title={International Summit Consensus Statement: Intellectual Disability Inclusion in National Dementia Plans},
  author={Karen Watchman and Matthew P. Janicki and Michael Splaine and Frode Kibsgaard Larsen and Tiziano Gomiero and Ronald Lucchino},
  journal={American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease \& Other Dementias},
  year={2017},
  volume={32},
  pages={230 - 237},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:40915212}
}
The World Health Organization has called for the development and adoption of national plans or strategies to guide public policy and set goals for services, supports, and research related to dementia, including adults with intellectual disability (ID).
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