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Queensland dementia care pilot draws on culture and connection
A First Nations-led dementia care practice development program in Queensland is...
Joseph Guenzler 22 May 2026
Poverty increases likelihood of dementia, warns expert Dr Etuini Ma’u
Tackling poverty is the single most important thing Aoeatroa / New Zealand can d...
Giovanni Torre 15 Apr 2026
Community visits in Aotearoa raise awareness of mate wareware - 'the illness of forgetting'
Around 90 people gathered at Te Papaiouru (ÅŒhinemutu) marae (communal meeting pl...
Giovanni Torre 24 Feb 2026
Among the highest rates in the world: Addressing the challenges faced by Indigenous people living with dementia
Rates of dementia in remote and rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comm...
Giovanni Torre 17 Dec 2025
Barriers hinder Indigenous dementia support on Country
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are at higher risk of developing de...
Keira Jenkins 5 Dec 2025
Trialling ways to reduce dementia in the Torres Strait

Dementia rates among Torres Strait Islander people are much higher than among mainland Australians, but researchers are trialling a new program in the hopes of reducing the prevalence of the condition...

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Keira Jenkins Jan 29, 2025
Dementia Australia working to address Indigenous dementia rates among the highest in the world

Of the more than 421,000 Australians living with dementia, dementia prevalence rates of First Nations people are about three to five times as high as rates for Australia overall, and rates of dementia...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 23, 2024
Dementia awareness grants awarded to raise awareness in diverse communities

Dementia Australia has awarded more than $320,000 in grants to 11 Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community organisations through its inaugural Dive...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Dec 11, 2024
New Dementia Australia grants program to help Indigenous organisations care for the community

Dementia Australia launched its new Diversity Small Grant program Monday to help build greater awareness and understanding of dementia in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguist...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 10, 2024
Dementia treatment of Stolen Generations survivors must be culturally aware, experts to tell global conference

Stolen Generations Survivors, some now in their elder years with dementia, should have a life story poster with pictures on display in their rooms in residential aged care homes to keep reminding staf...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 29, 2024
Indigenous Australians among highest risk in world for dementia

Indigenous Australians are up to five times more likely to develop dementia than the wider population, according to new research which places them among the most at-risk in the world.

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Guest Author Oct 13, 2022
Culturally appropriate picture cards help mob living with dementia

Dementia Support Australia (DSA) has commissioned the creation of picture cards that aim to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with dementia.

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NIT Jul 21, 2021
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