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In the US, more than 3.5 million parents continue parenting adults with DD/ID. More than 2.9 million adults with DD/ID live with a parent 55 years or older. This is the first generation where the adult with DD/ID may outlive their parents/caregiver.

Planning for death is a difficult topic to discuss within the current culture. The purpose of this presentation is to provide some information and tools for parents/caregivers as they plan for their death and to prepare their adult with DD/ID for that event.  

Siri GuruNam Kaur Khalsa, MSN, RN, CNE is a parent of an adult son with developmental/intellectual disabilities. She was a graduate of Partners in Policy Making class of 1994-1995. She was a two year LEND graduate (2012 and 2015). She teaches fulltime at New Mexico Highlands University in their RN to BSN program. She is a PHD student at UNM College of Nursing. Her dissertation topic is titled, The Lived Experiences of Parenting Adults with Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities.  

Share this information with Spanish-speaking community members, as all of these webinars are available with Spanish interpretation. 

Registration is LIMITED. Registration Link: https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0033-0021-0e06a3ed65bd4391a91f187a5d10ea07 

Questions? Email CDD-Imagine@salud.unm.edu or call 505.272.1852.