Indigenous dementia services study

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  Yes

Overview

The Indigenous dementia services study (IDSS) aims to find solutions and meet the needs of Indigenous people with dementia and their families who live in the Kimberley region of Western Australia by designing a culturally appropriate screening tool. The IDSS focuses on:

• understanding what service delivery practices exist
• identifying current service gaps
• developing new approaches for caring for Indigenous people with dementia in remote communities.

This program follows on from two earlier studies, the Kimberley Indigenous cognitive assessment (KICA) study in 2003-2004 and a prevalence study in 2005-2006.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Related publications

Memory problems (dementia) are caused by damage to the brain (2009)

Western Australia Centre for Health and Ageing

This poster was developed to increase the awareness of dementia among Indigenous people. It includes information on the signs of dementia and the causes of dementia. The poster was developed as part of the Indigenous dementia services study (IDSS), which is a large prevalence study assessing dementia and other aged care syndromes in the Indigenous population of the Kimberley, Western Australia.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Memory problems (dementia) are caused by damage to the brain (PDF - 6.6 MB)
• View information: Indigenous Dementia Services Study
• View website: Western Australia Centre for Health and Ageing

Carrol E, Smith K, Flicker L, LoGiudice D, Shadforth G, Ralph N, Lindeman M, Almeida O, Atkinson D, Shaper F, Lautenschlager N (2010)

Indigenous services study: Lungurra Ngoora Community Care final report.

Broome, WA: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council

• Links
• View report: Indigenous services study: Lungurra Ngoora Community Care final report (PDF - 3.1 MB)
• View information: Indigenous Dementia Services Study
• View website: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council

Smith K, Flicker L, Shadforth G, Carroll E, Ralph N, Atkinson D, Lindeman M, Schaper F, Lautenschlager NT, LoGiudice D (2011)

‘Gotta be sit down and worked out together’: views of Aboriginal caregivers and service providers on ways to improve dementia care for Aboriginal Australians.

Rural and Remote Health; 11: 1650

Retrieved 14 June 2011 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1650.pdf

• Links
• View abstract: ‘Gotta be sit down and worked out together’: views of Aboriginal caregivers and service providers on ways to improve dementia care for Aboriginal Australians
• View article: ‘Gotta be sit down and worked out together’: views of Aboriginal caregivers and service providers on ways to improve dementia care for Aboriginal Australians
• View article: ‘Gotta be sit down and worked out together’: views of Aboriginal caregivers and service providers on ways to improve dementia care for Aboriginal Australians (PDF - 208.0 KB)
• View website: Rural and Remote Health

Evaluated publications

Murphy R (2010)

Lungurra Ngoora Community Care Service evaluation report.

Perth: Yarmintali Consultancy

• Links
• View report: Lungurra Ngoora Community Care Service evaluation report (PDF - 350.6 KB)
• View information: Indigenous Dementia Services Study
• View website: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council

Links

• View information: Indigenous dementia services study
• View information: Indigenous Dementia Services Study
• View website: Western Australia Centre for Health and Ageing