Many people with Down syndrome also were denied care for serious breathing issues, digestive problems, or other chronic conditions. People with disabilities were often institutionalized. Many were ...

Many people with Down syndrome also were denied care for serious breathing issues, digestive problems, or other chronic conditions. People with disabilities were often institutionalized. Many were ...

In the 1960s, the life span of a person with Down syndrome was just 10 years. Today, those life spans have stretched to 60 years. But until recently, no guidelines existed for treating the special ...

JMIR Publications recently published "Web-Based Training for Nurses on Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Decision-making About Prenatal Screening: Parallel Controlled Trial" in JMIR Nursing ...

Leaders must challenge the disability support sector to redesign models so they are aging‑ready and rooted in both ...

More information: Ellen Taylor et al, Patient and carer priorities for research and clinical care of children with Down syndrome, Archives of Disease in Childhood (2025). DOI: 10.1136/archdischild ...

Medicaid, the largest payer for long-term care facilities, covers around 2 in 3 nursing home residents, and reducing dollars to the massive, yet already resource-limited, program could have ...

The new UNC Down Syndrome Clinic opening in Chapel Hill this week is expanding care options for North Carolinians. Appointments currently available at the clinic offer lifelong specialty care for ...