Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol
Institutional ethics approval was obtained from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research Ethics Board. Programme findings and resources will be shared with advocacy groups, disability agencies, family caregiver organisations, clinicians and policymakers in the fields of disability, health and ageing at the provincial, national and international levels.
Authors
- Janet McCabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0309-0745)
- Colleen Kelly
- Avra Selick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-5748)
- Nicole Bobbette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-0473)
- Yona Lunsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1866-9728)
- Amy Baskin
- Sanjeev Sockalingam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9626-1509)
- Palak Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-3023)
- Alicia Thatcher
- Marie-Joëlle Beaudoin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-5707)
- Laura St. John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-2668)
- Shahin Shooshtari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5247-2403)
- Anna Durbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8495-1203)
- Lee Steel
- Mary Chiu
- Tiziana Volpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-297X)
- Gill Lefkowitz
- Mary McCarron
- Adeen Fogle
- Anupam Thakur
- Johanna Lake
- Judy Noonan
- Robert Balogh
- Matthew J Dever
- Heidi Mallett
Institutions
- Manitoba Health (CA)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (CA)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- Ontario Tech University (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108960
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Azrieli Foundation
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research