Dementia Training Australia (DTA) is offering a new online course to help dementia care workers and organisations provide inclusive care and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia.
As part of the implementation of the LGBTI strategy, the Australian Government in partnership with various LGBTI advocacy and support agencies has compiled a collection of LGBTI specific ageing and aged care resources for the LGBTI community, their loved ones, carers and aged care service providers.
The Dementia Australian website has many resources for both consumers and service providers on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and dementia.
As a marginalised and growing segment of the older adult population, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults face distinct risk factors related to cognitive impairment and dementia. This article describes the unique risk factors and outlines key competencies for service providers to ensure culturally relevant care for LGBT older adults experiencing cognitive impairment […]
As Holocaust survivors age, they may experience heightened anxiety around normal processes of ageing, worsened posttraumatic stress disorder with cognitive decline, and fear of the medical system. The issues discussed in this article from the Medical Journal of Australia are also relevant to the wider geriatric or prisoner-of-war experience.
The Moving Pictures: Dementia awareness for culturally and linguistically diverse communities features short films in Tamil, Hindi, Cantonese, Mandarin and Arabic with English subtitles. The films are based on the real life experiences of carers in culturally and linguistically diverse groups and communities and were developed by the National Ageing Research Institute and Curtin University.