Dr. Brian Chicoine talks about some common health concerns facing people with Down syndrome as they get older—including thyroid issues, sleep apnea, and Alzheimer’s dementia. Dr. Chicoine is the co-founder and Medical Director of the Adult Down Syndrome Center in Park Ridge, IL. He has provided medical care for adults with developmental disabilities for over 35 years and has presented and written extensively on caring for adults with Down syndrome. These days Dr. Chicoine works full time on research and education projects to share his knowledge with the community, and help improve health outcomes for all people with Down syndrome.

Down’s Syndrome Scotland booklet about living with dementia:
https://adscresources.advocatehealth.com/assets/1/13/Living_with_Dementia.pdf

Adult Down Syndrome Center
https://adscresources.advocatehealth.com/about/

Adult Down Syndrome Center Resource Library
https://adscresources.advocatehealth.com/

NTG's EDSD (screening tool): https://www.the-ntg.org/ntg-edsd  

CARE Down Syndrome: https://careds.org/

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Join a mother, a sister, and a niece as they share honest and heartfelt conversations about the changing needs of their loved ones over 40 aging with Down syndrome. In today’s episode, Jadene, Molly and Kristin will give some background of their lived experience, and what inspired them to start this podcast. We hope this podcast will be helpful resource for families and caregivers. 

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