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Two reports have emerged during this Dementia Action Week which suggested discrimination towards people living with dementia can lead to a delayed diagnosis and increased social isolation. Experts from UniNSW’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing have also said care for people living with dementia should be a human right.
Two new reports have emerged showing the impacts of discrimination towards people living with dementia and how caring for them should be recognised globally as a human right.
With an aged care system under extreme pressure, the federal government is seeking thousands of volunteers to help with daily care tasks including talking with residents, brushing their hair and helping them exercise. This follows the announcement 1,700 Australian Defence Force personnel would help at aged care homes, though fewer than 200 have been deployed so far.
Picture how you’d like to be cared for as an older Australian who needs help. Now compare that to the reality for today’s aged care residents and carers.
Dementia will cost the Australian economy $26.6 billion during the next 20 years, according to a new report, Economic and Societal Cost of Alzheimer's Disease in Aus...