The Dementia Podcast

Professor Colm Cunningham
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The Dementia Podcasts provides the latest research, expertise and currency of knowledge from the HammondCare Dementia Centre and our guests. In our new season, Colm is joined by author Ailsa Wild as they showcase conversations with people living with dementia on a personal journey from diagnosis. Joined by experts in community health and dementia care the podcasts addresses the latest in thinking and practice issues that need to be considered in advanced dementia.

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  1. Talking First Nations: transitioning into aged care

    EPISODE 1

    Talking First Nations: transitioning into aged care

    Send a text In this episode of The Dementia Podcast, Colm introduces an expert panel as they explore the care considerations for First Nations peoples with a particular focus on dementia care. Members of this panel include; Professor Dawn Bessarab, a Bard/Yindijibarndi woman, Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health at the University of Western Australia,  Stephanie Charlesworth, a Dementia Consultant from SA  who has worked with First Nations communities and organisations in the NT, and Meghan Heatrick a Dementia Consultant who’s  worked in greater Sydney, Alice Springs and other communities and is currently studying a master's in Indigenous Health.  Together this group, discusses the current environment of care of First Nations peoples, what quality of life and care means for First Nations peoples and how this can be different from the general Australian population.  DSA has free downloadable resources for use when caring for a First Nations person living with dementia. These resources have been co-designed in consultation with DSA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander expert review panel and champions group. You can access here the ‘Good Sprit Good Life’ assessment tool developed by Dawn and the team at ‘Aboriginal Ageing Well Research’ as well as information on how to be involved in their research and further validation of this tool.  The 'Little Red Yellow Black Book' is a suggested resource by the panel as a guide to the rich cultures and histories of Australia’s First Peoples.

    22 min
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The Dementia Podcasts provides the latest research, expertise and currency of knowledge from the HammondCare Dementia Centre and our guests. In our new season, Colm is joined by author Ailsa Wild as they showcase conversations with people living with dementia on a personal journey from diagnosis. Joined by experts in community health and dementia care the podcasts addresses the latest in thinking and practice issues that need to be considered in advanced dementia.

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  • Creator
    Professor Colm Cunningham
  • Episodes
    39
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
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