Partnerships to support dementia
A new dementia centre will improve interventions, social care and community support for patients. Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, said researchers, policy makers and healthcare workers would work in partnership under the $5 million a year scheme.
A new dementia centre will improve interventions, social care and community support for patients.
Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, said researchers, policy makers and healthcare workers would work in partnership under the $5 million a year scheme.
“The federal government is working hard to improve the health and quality of life for our older Australians,” Ms Plibersek said, adding one of the “key ways” to achieve this is by supporting “research-informed” change.
“To improve clinical interventions, social care and community support for dementia and related functional decline, we need to support better collaboration between those working the health system and researchers. This is exactly what the new Partnership Centre will do,” Mr Butler added.
Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council, Alzheimer’s Australia, Brightwater Care Group, HammondCare Group and Helping Hand, the Partnership Centre will draw on multiple professions and disciplines such as health services and public health policy research, sociology, economics, psychology and clinical practise expertise.
Dementia is the third leading cause of death in the elderly. The government has warned the health system would become “overwhelmed” due to the ageing population if dementia support and care was not established.
