Best Practice Guides

Best-practice guide to cognitive impairment and dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending primary care (Full Guide)

This guide has been developed to assist health care staff better understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural considerations, health care needs and preferences in relation to cognitive impairment and dementia. It is for the whole primary care team including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners, doctors, nurses, allied health workers, mental health workers, and health promotion and public health practitioners. The guide focuses on clinical aspects of health care provision and aims to combine evidence-based clinical knowledge with key cultural and other elements that support effective health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across their life course. 24 page, full text version.

Best-practice guide to cognitive impairment and dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending primary care (Clinical summary)

A concise, summary version of the guide designed for the clinical context. 10 page, summary dot-point version.

Poster - Best Practice Guide

A visual representation of the guide delineating the major areas of focus for the primary health care team (health promotion and prevention, detection, living with dementia) and the key elements for attention within each.