Models of care to address unmet of older Indigenous with dementia their families and communites living in remote WA

解决居住在西澳偏远地区的老年痴呆症原住民及其家人和社区未得到满足的护理模式

• 批准号: nhmrc : 458793
• 负责人: A/Pr Dina Logiudice
• 金额: $ 72.09万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Strategic Awards
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/models-care-address-remote-wa/76063
• 关键词: Models; care; address; unmet; older

The health and unmet needs of older Indigenous people, particularly in remote and rural areas is generally under researched. It is well known that the life expectancy of indigenous people is approximately 20 years younger than non-Indigenous counterparts. Many illnesses generally experienced by non Indigenous people in older ages (e.g. 75 years) are seen at a much younger age in Indigenous populations. These conditions include dementia, falls, incontinence, premature heart disease and strokes. Over the last 4 years the applicants of this project have started to address some of the health related problems faced by older Indigenous people, particularly the challenging area of dementia. The authors have developed a culturally appropriate assessment tool to help determine if an older Indigenous person has dementia. This has been very successful and is now frequently used by health professionals in remote and rural areas of Australia. A survey is in the final stages of completion to determine the estimated number of people in remote areas of the Kimberley who manifest signs and symptoms of dementia and associated old age diseases. Preliminary data sadly indicate that the frequency of dementia is higher than expected for people of this age group. The next phase of this project is to determine the unmet needs of this vulnerable group, by interviewing those with dementia and their families, communities and service providers in remote areas of Kimberley and Pilbara. This will determine culturally appropriate and practical ways to provide care to assist those with this condition and their families and communities.

通常研究的是，年龄较大的土著人民，特别是在偏远和农村地区的健康和未满足的需求。众所周知，土著人民的预期寿命大约比非土著人小20岁。在土著人口中，有许多年龄段的非土著人（例如75岁）通常经历的许多疾病（例如75岁）。这些疾病包括痴呆症，跌倒，尿失禁，心脏病和中风。在过去的四年中，该项目的申请人已经开始解决老年土著人民（尤其是痴呆症具有挑战性领域）所面临的一些与健康有关的问题。作者开发了一种适当的文化评估工具，以帮助确定一个老年人的痴呆症是否具有痴呆症。这非常成功，现在在澳大利亚偏远和农村地区的卫生专业人员经常使用。一项调查处于完成的最后阶段，以确定金伯利偏远地区的估计人数表现出痴呆症和相关老年疾病的体征和症状。初步数据可悲地表明，痴呆症的频率高于该年龄段的人的预期。该项目的下一个阶段是通过采访金伯利和皮尔巴拉偏远地区的痴呆症及其家人，社区和服务提供商，确定这个脆弱群体的未满足需求。这将确定在文化上适当和实用的方法来提供护理，以帮助患有这种情况及其家庭和社区的人。