Dementia care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds : Qualitative secondary analysis of the Aged Care Australian Royal Commission data
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Chejor, Pelden, Cain, Patricia, Laging, Bridget Louise and Porock, Davina. (2023). Dementia care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds : Qualitative secondary analysis of the Aged Care Australian Royal Commission data. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 42(4), pp. 751-761. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13241
Authors | Chejor, Pelden, Cain, Patricia, Laging, Bridget Louise and Porock, Davina |
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Abstract | Objective: Understanding the concerns and experiences of people living with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is critical to ensure culturally appropriate care is delivered. This study aimed to describe the current experiences and concerns of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds using the publicly available evidence from the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Methods: This was a qualitative secondary analysis of the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety data to explore new and nuanced insights about care for culturally and linguistically diverse people living with dementia. Using the keywords to search the data corpus, we extracted a topic-specific data set focused on dementia care and cultural diversity. Thematic analysis was used to identify and describe the present practices and challenges. Results: Our findings showed that the need for cultural connection for older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds increases as dementia progresses. Access to culture-specific food and music facilitated connection with their culture of origin. Many older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with dementia reverted to their language of origin; however, the inability to communicate due to a lack of language support impacted their health and well-being, and care provision. Conclusions: Further work is needed to provide the necessary cultural experiences and language support to ensure comfort and equity in the provision of dementia care for Australians from migrant backgrounds. |
Keywords | aged; Australia; cultural diversity; dementia; transients and migrants |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Australasian Journal on Ageing |
Journal citation | 42 (4), pp. 751-761 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd |
ISSN | 1440-6381 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13241 |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajag.13241 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 751-761 |
Publisher's version | License |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 27 Dec 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Sep 2023 |
Deposited | 12 Mar 2024 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc’. |
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
Place of publication | Australia |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90476/dementia-care-for-people-from-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-backgrounds-qualitative-secondary-analysis-of-the-aged-care-australian-royal-commission-data
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