A Service Evaluation of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Group Intervention Adapted for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Using a Multi-disciplinary Approach

Abstract

People with an intellectual disability are more likely to have dementia and we wanted to see if there was a way of helping this groupWe ran an eleven-week Cognitive Stimulation Therapy CST) group for people with an intellectual disability and their carers to see if this would help. This has helped other people without an intellectual disability with dementia.We wanted to see if the group was helpful, so we asked people that went what they thought about it and we also did some assessments with them before and after.All the information we collected showed us that people enjoyed the group and that this was helpful.We need to collect some more information about CST groups for people with an intellectual disability and dementia to check they really are helpful