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House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing
Footnotes
Chapter 1 Conduct and context of the inquiry
[1]
Australian Government, Australia to 2050: future challenges, the 2010
intergenerational report overview, 2010, p.4.
[2]
Deloitte Access Economics Pty Ltd, Dementia across Australia:
2011-2050, 9 September 2011, p.15.
[3]
Deloitte Access Economics Pty Ltd, Dementia across Australia: 2011-2050,
9 September 2011, p.15.
[4]
World Health Organisation (WHO) and
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Dementia: A Public Health
Priority, 2012, p.90.
[5]
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) 2011, World Alzheimer’s Report
2011: the benefits of early diagnosis and intervention, September 2011, p.10.
[6]
Commonwealth of Australia, Living Longer. Living Better., April
2012, p.22.
[7]
ADI 2011, World Alzheimer’s Report 2011: the benefits of early
diagnosis and intervention, September 2011, p. 30.
[8]
Parliament of Australia, House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Health and Ageing, Report on a draft report of the 40th Parliament: Inquiry
into long-term strategies to address the ageing of the Australian population
over the next 40 years, March 2005.
[9]
Parliament of Australia, House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Health and Ageing, Report on a draft report of the 40th Parliament: Inquiry
into long-term strategies to address the ageing of the Australian population
over the next 40 years, March 2005, p.136.
[10]
Parliament of Australia, Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Quality
and equity in aged care, June 2005.
[11]
Parliament of Australia, Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Disability
and Ageing: lifelong planning for a better future, July 2011.
[12]
Australian Government Productivity Commission, Trends in Aged Care Services: some implications, Research Paper, 25 September 2008.
[13]
Australian Government Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission), Trends in Aged Care Services:
some implications,
Research Paper, 25 September 2008,
pp. xv.
[14]
Productivity Commission, Caring
for older Australians,
Inquiry Report no. 53, 2011.
[15]
Productivity Commission, Caring
for older Australians,
Inquiry Report no. 53, 2011,
p. xxiii.
[16]
Productivity Commission, Caring
for older Australians,
Inquiry Report no. 53, 2011, p. xxii.
[17]
Productivity Commission, Caring
for older Australians,
Inquiry Report no. 53, 2011, p. lxxix.
[18]
Australian Government, , Australian Government’s Response to the Productivity
Commission’s Caring for older Australians Report, May 2012, p. 1.
[19]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better. April 2012.
[20]
Australian Government, Australian Government’s Response Productivity
Commission’s Caring for older Australians Report, May 2012, p. 1.
[21]
Parliament of Australia, Senate Committees: Care and management
of younger and older Australians living with dementia and behavioural and
psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD), <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/dementia/info.htm>
viewed 14 March 2013.
[22]
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Ageing
Budget, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/health-budget2005-abudget-afact1.htm>
viewed 3 June 2013.
[23]
DoHA, Ageing Budget, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/health-budget2005-abudget-afact1.htm>
viewed 3 June 2013.
[24]
DoHA, Helping Australians with Dementia, and their Carers — Making
Dementia a National Health Priority, Budget 2005-2006, Ageing Factsheet 1, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/health-budget2005-abudget-afact1.htm>
viewed 20 April 2012.
[25]
LAMA Consortium, Dementia Initiative National Evaluation Overview and
Summary of Main Findings Final Report, October 2009, p. 13 & p. 11.
[26]
LAMA Consortium, Dementia Initiative National
Evaluation Overview and Summary of Main Findings Final Report, October 2009,
p. 13.
[27]
Australian Government, Living longer. Living Better. April 2012,
p.21. See also, Standing Committee on Health, Communiqué, 27 April 2012, p.1.
[28]
The other eight NHPA are: cancer control; cardiovascular health; injury
prevention and control; mental health; diabetes mellitus; asthma; arthritis and
musculoskeletal conditions; & obesity.
[29]
Standing Committee on Health, Communiqué, 10 August 2012, p.1.
[30]
NSW Department of Health on behalf of the Australian Health Ministers
Conference, 2006, National Framework for Action on Dementia 2006-2010.
[31]
NSW Department of Health on behalf of the Australian Health Ministers
Conference, 2006, National Framework for Action on Dementia 2006-2010,
p. 7.
[32]
The Review of the National Framework for Action on Dementia 2006 – 2010
was undertaken by Quantum Consulting Australia Pty Ltd in conjunction with
Professor Barbara Horner (Curtin University) and Dr Colleen Doyle (National
Ageing Research Institute).
[33]
Quantum Consulting Australia 2011, Review of the National Framework for Action
on Dementia 2006 – 2010, Summary of Final Report, pp. 7-8, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/dementia-nfad-summary-2011>
14 May 2013.
[34]
Australian Government, Consultation Paper National Framework for Action
on Dementia 2013‐2017,
p. 2, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/dementia-nfad2013-217>
viewed 14 May 2013.
[35]
DoHA, National Framework for Action on Dementia 2013-2017, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/dementia-nfad2013-2017>
viewed 3 June 2013.
[36]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better. April 2012, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-aged-care-review-measures-living.htm>
viewed 20 April 2012.
[37]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better. April 2012, p. 22.
[38]
The Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Services (DBMAS). See Chapter 2
for more information on DBMAS.
[39]
Australian Government, Living Longer, Living Better, April 2012, pp.
22-24.
Chapter 2 Dementia in Australia – demographics and services
[1]
Australian Government Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70.
[2]
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2012, Causes of Death: 2010,
reference number 3303.0, Canberra, p.6.
[3]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 9.
[4]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 9.
[5]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 9.
[6]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 10.
[7]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 9.
[8]
World Health Organisation (WHO) and
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Dementia: A Public Health
Priority, 2012.
[9]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 15.
[10]
Alzheimer’s Australia (Victoria), Submission 35, p. 2
[11]
Dr Fiona Bardenhagen, Submission 46, p. 1.
[12]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53, p.5.
[13]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53,
pp. 5–6.
[14]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53, p. 6.
[15]
Access Economics 2009, Keeping dementia front of mind: incidence and
prevalence 2009-2050, p.2.
[16]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 2.
[17]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53,
p. xiii–xiv.
[18]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53, p. 5.
[19]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53,
p. xiii–xiv.
[20]
AIHW 2007, Dementia in Australia: National data analysis and
development, catalogue no. 53,
p. xiii–xiv.
[21]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 11.
[22]
Access Economics 2009, Keeping dementia front of mind: incidence and
prevalence 2009–2050, p. 4.
[23]
Deloitte Access Economics 2011, Dementia across Australia: 2011–2050,
p.14.
[24]
Access Economics 2009, Keeping dementia front of mind: incidence and
prevalence 2009–2050, p. iv.
[25]
ABS 2012, Causes of death 2010, catalogue no. 3303.0, Canberra, p.6.
[26]
ABS 2012, Causes of death 2010, catalogue no. 3303.0, Canberra, pp. 7–8.
[27]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia. catalogue no. 70, p. 11.
[28]
Mr Brian Gleeson, Office of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous
Services, Official Committee Hansard, 8 February 2013, p. 1.
[29]
WHO 2012, Dementia: A Public Health Priority, p. 31.
[30]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 19.
[31]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 38.
[32]
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Caring For Older Australians,
No. 53 June 2010, ‘Drivers for future demand’, volume 1, p. 37.
[33]
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Caring For Older Australians,
No. 53 June 2010, ‘Drivers for future demand’, volume 1, p. 37.
[34]
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Caring For Older Australians,
No. 53 June 2010, ‘Drivers for future demand’, volume 1, p. 37.
[35]
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Caring For Older Australians,
No. 53 June 2010, ‘Drivers for future demand’, volume 1, p. 37.
[36]
Brodaty and Cummings, Dementia Services in Australia, International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2010, 25: 887-895, p. 889. See also: DoHA, Submission
89, pp. 7-8.
[37]
Brodaty and Cummings, Dementia Services in Australia, International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2010; 25: 887–895, p. 889.
[38]
Brodaty and Cummings, Dementia Services in Australia, International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2010; 25: 887–895, p. 889.
[39]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 81.
[40]
Brodaty and Cummings, Dementia Services in Australia, International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2010; 25: 887–895, p. 889.
[41]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 63.
[42]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better., April 2012, p.
22.
[43]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 70.
[44]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better., April 2012, p.
24.
[45]
For discussion regarding Community Care Packages, see Life Care, Submission
29.
[46]
Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 89, p. 9.
[47]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Home Care
Packages Program’, <http://www.livinglongerlivingbetter.gov.au/internet/living/publishing.nsf/Content/Consumer-Directed-Care-Home-Care-Packages>
viewed 12 June 2013.
[48]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better. April 2012, p.
3.
[49]
For further information on dementia-related programs for veterans, see
Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Submission 90.
[50]
In Victoria and Western Australia the state governments continue to deliver
services for older people under joint funding arrangements with the Australian
Government. HACC services for younger people with disabilities continue to be
the responsibility of state and territory governments.
[51]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Commonwealth
HACC Program’, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/hacc-index.htm>
viewed 6 June 2013.
[52]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Commonwealth
HACC Program’,<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/hacc-index.htm>
viewed 6 June 2013.
[53]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Home-based care’, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-commcare-comcprov-eachdex.htm>
viewed 6 June 2013
[54]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Home-based care’,<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-commcare-eachd.htm> viewed 6
June 2013.
[55]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Home-based care’,<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-commcare-eachd.htm-copy3>
viewed 6 June 2013.
[56]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better., April 2012, p.
23.
[57]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better., April
2012, p. 26.
[58]
Department of Veterans Affairs, Fact sheets, <http://factsheets.dva.gov.au/factsheets/>
viewed 6 June 2013.
[59]
See for example, Life Care, Submission 29; East Lake Macquarie
Dementia Service Inc, Submission 99.
[60]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 111.
[61]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 112.
[62]
AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 112.
[63]
DoHA, Aged Care Australia, <http://www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au/internet/agedcare/publishing.nsf/Content/Types%20of%20care
> viewed 7 June 2013.
[64]
DoHA, Living Longer. Living Better., ‘Residential Care’, <http://www.livinglongerlivingbetter.gov.au/internet/living/publishing.nsf/Content/Residential-care#5>
viewed 12 June 2013.
[65]
Australian Government DBMAS, <http://dbmas.org.au/> viewed 6 June
2013.
[66]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better. April 2012, p.
23.
[67]
DOHA, Dementia, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/dementia-support#National%20Dementia%20Support>
viewed 6 June 2013.
Chapter 3 Awareness
[1]
Ms Sue Pieters-Hawke, Minister’s Dementia Advisory Group (MDAG), Official
Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 16.
[2]
Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 53, p. 3.
[3]
Professor Henry Brodaty, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 15.
[4]
See for example: Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria, Submission 35, p.
8.
[5]
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Australia’s Health
2012: The thirteenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare, 2012, p. 182.
[6]
See for example: Home Instead Senior Care, Submission 9, p. 2.
[7]
Pfizer Australia, Submission 49, p. 2. See also: Alzheimer’s
Australia, Pfizer Health Report Issue 45, Dementia is everybody’s business,
<http://www.fightdementia.org.au/common/files/NAT/20110314_Nat_report_Pfizer-Health-Report-2011.pdf>
viewed 4 June 2013.
[8]
Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT), Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 8.
[9]
Jenny, Submission 20, pp.1-2.
[10]
Professor Barbara Horner, Curtin University, Official Committee Hansard,
Perth, 12 November 2012, p. 22.
[11]
Professor Barbara Horner, Curtin University, Official Committee Hansard,
Perth, 12 November 2012, p. 23.
[12]
Carers Australia, Submission 80, p. 4. See also, Em (NSW), Submission
2, and Ms Dianne Stewart, Submission 11, p. 3.
[13]
Baptcare, Submission 58, p. 8. See also: Professor Barbara Horner,
Curtin University, Official Committee Hansard, Perth, 12 November
2012, p. 22.
[14]
Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 53, p. 5. See also: MDAG, Submission
48, p. 7; Denise Chaston and Kylie Wood, Submission 52, pp. 2-3;
Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 89, p. 5; Professor
Fiona Bardenhagen, Official Committee Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012,
pp. 31-32.
[15]
Pfizer Australia, Submission 49, p. 2.
[16]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 20.
[17]
Dr Roderick McKay, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8
November 2012, p. 15.
[18]
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Submission 59, pp. 3-4.
[19]
McAdam Aged Care Art Recreation Therapy, Submission 21, p. 16.
[20]
Dr Roderick McKay, RANZCP, Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8
November 2012, p. 15.
[21]
Dr Carmel Lum, Submission 93, p. 8.
[22]
HammondCare, Submission 86, pp. 4-5.
[23]
Dr Roderick McKay, RANZCP, Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8
November 2012, p. 15.
[24]
Woy Woy Community Aged Care, Submission 102, p. 4.
[25]
See for example: Greypath Pty Ltd, Submission 1, p. 2; Australian
Women’s Health Network and Community Vision, Submission 38, p. 4.
[26]
Ms Sue Pieters-Hawke, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8
February 2013, p. 16.
[27]
As per Denise Chaston and Kylie Wood, Submission 52, pp. 5-6, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7kKAq6lHgeY#!>
viewed 20 May 2013.
[28]
See for example: RANZCP, Submission 45, p. 4; Denise Chaston and
Kylie Wood, Submission 52, pp. 5-6; ECH, Resthaven, Eldercare, Submission
55, p. 5; KinCare, Submission 63, p. 9, Traynor, Devries, Fares and
Pilkington, Submission 70, p. 5.
[29]
Carers Australia, Submission 80, p. 5. See also: Frontline Care
Solutions, Submission 7, and Home Instead Senior Care, Submission 9,
for further argument regarding the need to train carers to assist them support
people with dementia.
[30]
See also: Aged and Community Services Australia, Submission 47, p. 3;
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria, Submission 62, p. 2.
[31]
Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 53, p. 3.
[32]
Ms Kate Swaffer, Submission 77, p. 18.
[33]
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Submission 57, p. 9.
[34]
Dr Roderick McKay, RANZCP, Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8
November 2012, p. 16.
[35]
Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT) Inc, Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 8.
[36]
Royal District Nursing Services, Submission 78, p. 5.
[37]
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Submission 59, pp. 3-4.
[38]
National Cross Cultural Dementia Network (NCCDN), Submission 32, p.
2.
[39]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 20.
[40]
COTA Australia (COTA), Submission 82, p. 2.
[41]
COTA, Submission 82, p. 2.
[42]
Pfizer Australia, Submission 49, p. 3.
[43]
World Health Organization (WHO) and Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI),
Dementia: A Public Health Priority, 2012, <http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/dementia_report_2012/en/>
viewed 21 May 2013.
[44]
Pfizer Australia, Submission 49, p. 3.
[45]
WHO and ADI, Dementia: A Public Health Priority, 2012, p. 86, <http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/dementia_report_2012/en/>
viewed 21 May 2013.
[46]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Your Brain Matters, <http://www.yourbrainmatters.org.au/>
viewed 21 May 2013.
[47]
Mrs Fiona Young, Community Dementia Service, Tasmanian Health Organisation
North, Official Committee Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012, p. 20.
[48]
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Submission 83,
p. 4.
[49]
Mr Jack Sach, Alzheimer’s Australia Vic, Official Committee Hansard,
Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 23. See also: AGPN, Submission 87, pp. 9-12.
[50]
See for example: Mr Mark Howland, Dementia (Community Health), Hunter New
England Local Health District (Tablelands, Mehi and McIntyre Clusters), Official
Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August 2012, p. 20.
[51]
Ms Helga Merl, Mobile Memory Clinic, Hunter Medicare Local, Official
Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8 November 2012, p. 7.
[52]
Mr Mark Howland, Hunter New England Local Health District (Tablelands, Mehi
and McIntyre Clusters), Official Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August
2012, p. 16.
[53]
RACGP, Submission 83, p. 6, p. 9.
[54]
Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 74, pp. 2-3.
[55]
Community Dementia Service Primary Health North, Submission 14, p.
4.
[56]
Professor Dimity Pond, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8
February 2013, p. 16. See also: Jill Phillips et al, ‘Difficulties in
disclosing a diagnosis of dementia: a qualitative study in general practice’, British
Journal of General Practice, August 2012, p. e.548.
[57]
Jill Phillips et al, ‘Difficulties in disclosing a diagnosis of dementia: a
qualitative study in general practice’, British Journal of General Practice,
August 2012, p. e.548.
[58]
MDAG, Submission 48, pp. 4-5. For an example of a dementia education
campaign for GPs, see Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, Submission
60.
[59]
Ms Rosemary Huxtable, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8
February 2013, p. 13. See also: Australian Government, Living Longer. Living
Better., April 2012, p. 22.
[60]
Ms Rosemary Huxtable, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8
February 2013, p. 13.
[61]
DoHA, Submission 89, p. 15. See also: Australian Government, Living
Longer. Living Better., April 2012, p. 22.
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
[1]
Robert, Submission 19, pp. 1-2.
[2]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Early diagnosis of dementia, paper 10,
March 2007, p. 2.
[3]
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission
89, p. 9.
[4]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 3. See
also: Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44.1, p. 1.
[5]
Cognitive Dementia and Memory Services (CDAMS), Submission 39, p.
5.
[6]
Minister Butler’s Dementia Advisory Group (MDAG), Submission 48,
p. 1.
[7]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 3.
[8]
Alzheimer’s Australia Vic, Submission 35, p. 2. See also,
Tasmanian Government Department of Health and Human Services, Submission 41,
p. 7.
[9]
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and the Australian
and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM), Submission 22,
p. 8.
[10]
Royal District Nursing Services Ltd, Submission 78, p. 2.
[11]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 2. See also: Dr Lyndon Bauer, Health
Promotion Central Coast, Official Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12
October 2012, p. 30.
[12]
Dr Owen Davies, ANZSGM, Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide,
4 March 2013, p. 14. See also: Dr Lyndon Bauer, Health Promotion Central
Coast, Official Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 33.
[13]
Alzheimer’s Australia National Office, Submission 44, pp. 3 and 27.
See also: MDAG, Submission 48, p. 1; NSW Department of Health, Submission
95, p. 1.
[14]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 17. See also: Associate Professor Yates, MDAG, Official
Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 August 2012, p. 21.
[15]
Mrs Judy Ratajec, Uniting Church Frontier Services, Official Committee
Hansard, Broome, 13 November 2012, p. 25.
[16]
Australian General Practice Network (AGPN), Submission 87, p. 7.
[17]
AGPN, Submission 87, p. 8.
[18]
Jill, private capacity, Official Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August
2012, p. 9.
[19]
AGPN, Submission 87, pp. 8-9.
[20]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 7.
[21]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 8.
[22]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 8.
[23]
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Submission 83,
pp. 5-6.
[24]
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2012, Dementia in
Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 4. See also: Alzheimer’s Australia, Timely
diagnosis of dementia: can we do better, paper 24, September 2011, p. 14;
Mr Mark Howland, Hunter New England Local Health District (Tablelands, Mehi and
McIntyre Clusters), Official Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August 2012,
p. 18.
[25]
AIHW, Dementia in Australia, 2012, p. 4.
[26]
See: AIHW 2012, Dementia in Australia, catalogue no. 70, p. 4; RACP
and ANZSGM, Submission 22, p. 8; Queensland Health, Submission 23,
p. 4; and Dementia Collaborative Research Centres, Cognitive Assessment
Measures, <http://www.dementia-assessment.com.au/cognitive/index.html>,
viewed 7 June 2013. For further discussion on dementia assessment and
screening, see Dr Ross Colquhoun, Submission 66.
[27]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 1.
[28]
Professor Dimity Pond, Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8
November 2012, p. 39.
[29]
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 50, p. 4.
[30]
Queensland Health, Submission 23, pp. 3-4. See also Leo, Official
Committee Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012, pp. 1-2; DutchCare Ltd, Submission
17, p. 2; and Multicultural Communities Council of SA, Submission 24,
p. 2.
[31]
Associate Professor Yates, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21
August 2012, p. 21.
[32]
Queensland Health, Submission 23, pp. 3-4. See also, Mr Mark
Howland, Hunter New England Local Health District (Tablelands, Mehi and
McIntyre Clusters), Official Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August 2012,
p. 18; Fronditha Care, Submission 72, p. 5; Doutta Galla Community
Health, Submission 75, p. 4.
[33]
Ms Wilma Gibson, Central Desert Shire Council, Official Committee
Hansard, Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 39.
[34]
Ms Nina Bullock, Macdonnell Shire Council, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 38.
[35]
Mr Graham Kraak, Queensland Health, Official Committee Hansard,
Brisbane, 1 August 2012, p. 31.
[36]
Ms Cate Young, Tangentyere Council, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 25. See also: Mr Brian Gleeson, Office of
the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services, Official Committee
Hansard, 8 February 2013, p. 4.
[37]
Ms Cate Young, Tangentyere Council, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 25.
[38]
Ms Stephanie Walters, Kimberley Aged and Community Services, Official
Committee Hansard, Broome, 13 November 2012, p. 9. See also: p. 8.
[39]
CDAMS, Submission 39, p. 8.
[40]
Dr Jennifer Torr, Submission 73, pp. 1 and 3.
[41]
National Disability Services, Submission 43, p. 2.
[42]
Dr Torr, Submission 73, pp. 1 and 3; CDAMS, Submission 39, p.
8.
[43]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 9. See also: Dementia Collaborate Research
Centres, Dementia Outcomes Measurement Suite, <http://www.dementia-assessment.com.au/>
viewed 7 June 2013.
[44]
Dementia Collaborate Research Centres, Dementia Outcomes Measurement
Suite, <http://www.dementia-assessment.com.au/> viewed 7 June
2013.
[45]
DoHA, Medicare Benefits Schedule, ‘Note A29’, <http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=A29&qt=NoteID>
viewed 7 June 2013.
[46]
DoHA, Medicare Benefits Schedule, ‘Note A29’, <http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=A29&qt=NoteID>
viewed 7 June 2013.
[47]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 15. See
also: Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer’s Australia Inc., Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 11 September 2012, p. 1; Ms Kathryn Cunningham, Alzheimer’s
Australia South Australia, Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March
2013, p. 18; Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44.1,
p. 2.
[48]
Dr Robert Prowse, ANZSGM, Official Committee Hansard, Sydney, 22
June 2012, p. 22.
[49]
Dr Bauer, Health Promotion Central Coast, Official Committee Hansard,
Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 31.
[50]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 1.
[51]
NSW Health, Submission 95, p. 2.
[52]
Associate Professor Yates, Submission 13, p. 1. See also: Dr Leslie
Bolitho, RACP, Official Committee Hansard, Sydney, 22 June 2012, p. 22.
[53]
Ms Marianne Cummins, Australian Association of Gerontology, Official
Committee Hansard, Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, pp. 29-30.
[54]
DOHA, Medicare Benefits Schedule, ‘Note A29’, <http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=A29&qt=NoteID>
viewed 7 June 2013.
[55]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 3. See also: DoHA, Submission
89, p. 10.
[56]
Professor Kichu Nair, Submission 108.
[57]
NSW Department of Health, Submission 95, p. 11. See also, Financial
Services Council Ltd, Submission 71, p. 2.
[58]
Ms Kate Swaffer, Submission 77, p. 7.
[59]
Woy Woy Community Aged Care, Submission 102, p. 4.
[60]
Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Guardianship, <http://www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au/file/Guardianship%20290909[1].pdf>
viewed 7 June 2013.
[61]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 5.
[62]
Guardianship is ‘the appointment of a person (a ‘guardian’) to make
decisions for an adult with a disability (the ‘represented person’) when they
are unable to do so.’ See Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Guardianship,
<http://www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au/file/Guardianship%20290909[1].pdf>,
viewed 7 June 2013.
[63]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 4. See also: Victorian
Law Reform Commission, Guardianship: Final report 24, 2012, <http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/Guardianship_FinalReport_Full%20text.pdf>, pp.
98-116 viewed 7 June 2013.
[64]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 5.
[65]
Ms Colleen Pearce, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, 14 June 2013, p. 37.
[66]
HammondCare, Submission 86, p. 4.
[67]
Victorian Law Reform Commission, Guardianship: Final report 24,
2012, <http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/Guardianship_FinalReport_Full%20text.pdf>,
pp. 98-116 viewed 7 June 2013.
[68]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 4. See also: Victorian
Law Reform Commission, Guardianship: Final report 24, 2012, <http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/Guardianship_FinalReport_Full%20text.pdf>,
pp. 98-116 viewed 7 June 2013.
[69]
Traynor, Devries, Fares and Pilkington, Submission 70, p. 4.
[70]
Australian Guardianship and Administration Council, Submission 76,
p. 30.
[71]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 30.
[72]
An Advance Care Directive (ACD) is a written advance care plan which is
recognised by either common law or through legislation, which has been
completed and signed by a competent adult. See The Clinical, Technical and
Ethical Principal Committee of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory
Council, A National Framework for Advance Care Directives, September
2011, <http://www.ahmac.gov.au/cms_documents/AdvanceCareDirectives2011.pdf>,
p. 5 viewed 29 May 2013.
[74]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official Committee
Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 31.
[75]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 5.
[82]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 31. See also: House of
Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Older
people and the law, September 2007, <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=laca/olderpeople/report.htm> viewed
7 June 2013.
[83]
The Framework is discussed in more detail in Chapter 2.
[84]
DoHA, Submission 89, pp. 10-11.
[85]
Ms Colleen Pearce, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, 14 June 2013, p. 34.
[86]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 34.
[87]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 56, p. 3.
[88]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 30.
[89]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 31.
[90]
Australian Guardianship and Administration Council (AGAC), Submission 76,
p. 2.
[91]
RACGP, Submission 83, pp. 6-7.
[92]
DoHA, Submission 89, p. 7.
[93]
NSW Department of Health, Submission 95, p. 13.
[94]
Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Submission 31, p. 3.
[95]
Mr Tim Tierney, Submission 16, p. 1.
[96]
Dr John Chesterman, Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, Official
Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 31.
[97]
Alzheimer’s Australia Tasmania, Submission 37, p. 6.
[98]
CDAMS, Submission 39, p. 10.
Chapter 5 Barriers to diagnosis
[1]
Danielja, Submission 8, p. 2.
[2]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 3. See
also: Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44.1, p. 1.
[3]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 10.
[4]
Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria, Submission 35, p. 3.
[5]
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Submission
83, p. 4.
[6]
RACGP, Submission 83, p. 4.
[7]
Professor Henry Brodaty, Minister’s Dementia Advisory Group (MDAG), Official
Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 15.
[8]
Australian General Practice Network (APGN), Submission 87, p. 9.
[9]
Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer’s Australia Inc., Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 11 September 2012, p. 3.
[10]
Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer’s Australia Inc., Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 11 September 2012, p. 3.
[11]
Mrs Elizabeth Rand, Cognitive Dementia and Memory Services (CDAMS), Official
Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 August 2012, p. 2.
[12]
Dr Lynne Barnes, Official Committee Hansard, Alice Springs, 30
January 2013, p. 31.
[13]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 2; AGPN, Submission 87, pp. 9-11.
[14]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 19.
[15]
AGPN, Submission 87, p. 11. See also: Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer’s
Australia Inc., Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 September 2012,
p. 1.
[16]
Cognitive Dementia and Memory Services (CDAMS), Submission 39, p. 7.
See also: RACGP, Submission 83, p. 7; Alzheimer’s Australia (National
Office), Submission 44, p. 15.
[17]
AGPN, Submission 87, pp. 10-11.
[18]
Dr Catherine Yelland, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), Official
Committee Hansard, Sydney, 22 June 2012, p. 20. See also: CDAMS, Submission
39, p. 1 and p. 7; and RACGP, Submission 83, p. 6.
[19]
NSW HACC Issues Forum, Submission 85, p. 3.
[20]
Ms Helga Merl, Hunter Medicare Local, Official Committee Hansard,
Newcastle, 8 November 2012, p. 7.
[21]
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission
89, pp. 7-8.
[22]
Ms Rosemary Huxtable, Deputy Secretary, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 12. See also: p. 18.
[23]
Ms Kathryn Cunningham, Alzheimer’s Australia South Australia, Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 18.
[24]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44.1, p. 2.
[25]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44.1, p. 2.
[26]
For information on diagnosis via a psychologist/neuropsychologist, see Australian
Psychological Society, Submission 50, p. 4; Leo, Official Committee
Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012, pp. 1-2; Leo (Tas), Submission 12.
[27]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Early Diagnosis of Dementia, Paper 10, March
2007, p. 3; Macquarie Dictionary ‘WordGenius 4.3’, February 2006 [W32], Fourth
Edition.
[28]
RACP and Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM),
Submission 22, p. 6.
[29]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 8 February 2013, p. 17.
[30]
National Rural Health Alliance Inc. (NRHA), Submission 36, p. 4.
[31]
Mrs Bernadette Mary Meppem, Fairview Retirement Village, Official
Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August 2012, p. 2. See also: Mr Mark Howland, Hunter
New England Local Health District (Tablelands, Mehi and McIntyre Clusters), Official
Committee Hansard, Moree, 27 August 2012, p. 18.
[32]
Cecilia, Submission 100, p. 1.
[33]
Telehealth is an initiative through Medicare which provides financial
incentives to eligible health professionals and aged care services that help
patients have a video consultation with a specialist, consultant physician or
consultant psychiatrist. For further information, see <http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/incentives/telehealth/>,
viewed 7 June 2013.
[34]
NRHA, Submission 36, p. 5.
[35]
Mrs Judy Ratajec, Uniting Church Frontier Services, Official Committee
Hansard, Broome, 13 November 2012, p. 26.
[36]
Dr Robert Prowse, ANZSGM, Official Committee Hansard, Sydney, 22
June 2012, p. 20.
[37]
Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Submission 57, p. 3.
[38]
Australian Nursing Federation (ANF), Submission 79, p. 7.
[39]
NSW Health, Submission 95, p. 6.
[40]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better., April 2012, p.
20.
[41]
For example, see Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria, Submission 35, p.
5.
[42]
RACP and ANZSGM, Submission 22, p. 2.
[43]
RACP and ANZSGM, Submission 22, p. 2.
[44]
CDAMS, Submission 34, pp. 3-4.
[45]
Mrs Elizabeth Rand, CDAMS, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21
August 2012, p. 1.
[46]
Mrs Elizabeth Rand, CDAMS, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21
August 2012, p. 2.
[47]
Dr John Ward, Submission 5, pp. 1-2.
[48]
Dr John Ward, Submission 5, p. 2.
[49]
NSW Health, Submission 95, pp. 5-6. For ‘good practice’ examples of
multi-disciplinary models in the Central Coast region, see NSW Health Central
Coast District, Submission 106, pp. 1-2.
[50]
Mrs Sharyn Bannister, Central Coast Local Health District, NSW Health, Official
Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 42.
[51]
Associate Professor George Razay, Launceston General Hospital, Official
Committee Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012, pp. 13-14.
[52]
For discussion on specialist nurses, see Royal College of Nursing, Submission
61.
[53]
Professor Henry Brodaty, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra,
8 February 2013, pp. 20-21.
[54]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, pp. 15-16.
See also, Kathryn Cunningham, Alzheimer’s Australia South Australia, Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 18.
[55]
Ms Helga Merl, Hunter Medicare Local, Official Committee Hansard,
Newcastle, 8 November 2012, p. 7.
[56]
Ms Helga Merl, Hunter Medicare Local, Official Committee Hansard,
Newcastle, 8 November 2012, p. 8 and p. 10.
[57]
ANF, Submission 79, p. 5.
[58]
Ms Pauline Armour, UnitingCare Ageing, New South Wales and ACT, Official
Committee Hansard, Sydney, 14 June 2012, p. 13. See also, The College of
Nursing, Submission 28, regarding the potential to create specific
dementia training courses for nurses.
[59]
Mrs Kylie Wood, Official Committee Hansard, Launceston, 27 July
2012, p. 6. See also: Denise Chaston and Kylie Wood, Submission 52; Alzheimer’s
Australia (National Office), Submission 16, pp. 8-9.
[60]
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Dementia care in
hospitals: costs and strategies, Catalogue no. 72, p. 9.
[61]
Ms Helga Merl, Hunter Medicare Local, Official Committee Hansard,
Newcastle, 8 November 2012, p. 12. See also: Associate Professor Mark Yates, Submission
13, p. 1.
[62]
Dr Stephen Brady, Alice Springs Hospital, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 6.
[63]
Ms Julie Johnston, Kimberley Aged and Community Services, Official
Committee Hansard, Broome, p. 9.
[64]
Dr Stephen Brady, Alice Springs Hospital, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 8.
[65]
Ms Julie Johnston, Kimberley Aged and Community Services, Official
Committee Hansard, Broome, p. 9.
[66]
Ms Julie Johnston, Kimberley Aged and Community Services, Official
Committee Hansard, Broome, p. 9.
[67]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, Submission 13, p. 1.
Chapter 6 Post-diagnosis
[1]
Mr Fred Tanner, Alzheimer’s Australia South Australia, Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 20.
[2]
See Professor Jillian Krill, Submission 6, p. 1; Tasmanian
Government Department of Health and Human Services, Submission 41, p. 7.
[3]
HammondCare, Submission 86, p. 2.
[4]
HammondCare, Submission 86, p. 2. See also, Dr Paul Goldstraw, Submission
94.
[5]
Baptcare, Submission 58, p. 3.
[6]
Mr Fred Tanner, Alzheimer's Australia South Australia, Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 20.
[7]
Cognitive Dementia Memory Services (CDAMS), Submission 39, p. 3.
See also, Silver Chain Nursing Association Inc., Submission 68, p. 5.
[8]
Benetas, Submission 25, p. 6.
[9]
CDAMS, Submission 39, p.9.
[10]
Alzheimer’s Australia (VIC), Submission 35, p. 5.
[11]
Mrs Helen Little, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11 September
2012, p. 3.
[12]
The Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) is outlined in Chapter 2.
[13]
Mrs Joy Whitehorn, Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March
2013, p. 4. See also, Mr Garry Leith, Mrs Raelene Schilling and Mrs Joy
Whitehorn, Submission 111; Mrs Raelene Schilling, Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 4; and Mr Fred Tanner, Alzheimer’s
Australia South Australia, Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March
2013, p. 20; and Home Instead Senior Care, Submission 9, p. 2.
[14]
Mr Andrew Stoll, ECH Inc, Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 8
June 2012, p. 27.
[15]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Submission 44, pp. 18-19.
[16]
Australian General Practice Network (AGPN), Submission 87, p. 11.
[17]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Submission 44, p. 18.
[18]
Australian Government, Dementia Collaborative Research Centres, <http://www.dementia.unsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_dcrc&view=dcrc&layout=project&Itemid=101&research_topic=0&researcher=0&research_type=0&year=0&population=0¢re=0&keywords=&searchtype=&pid=43&search=true_>
viewed 31 May 2013.
[19]
See for example, Darabin Council, Submission 64, p.
[20]
Associate Professor Scott Whyte, Central Coast Local Health District, Official
Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 14. See also, Townsville
Health Services District, Submission 27, p. 2.
[21]
Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 89, p. 8.
[22]
Ms Lisa Rollinson, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Official Committee
Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 2.
[23]
AGPN, Submission 87, p. 13. See also, MDAG, Submission 48,
p. 4.
[24]
Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer's Australia Inc., Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 11 September, 2012, p. 4.
[25]
Mr Mark Booth, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, 8 February 2013,
Canberra pp. 10-11.
[26]
Ms Carolyn Smith, DoHA, Official Committee Hansard, 8 February 2013,
Canberra p. 11.
[27]
Aged Care Association Australia Ltd, Submission 84, p. 1.
[28]
Mercy Health, Submission 81, p. 4.
[29]
Dr Leslie Bolitho, RACGP, Official Committee Hansard, Sydney, 22
June 2012, p. 18. See also, RACP and ANZSGM, Submission 22.
[30]
There were a number of submissions which advocated for the benefits of
health professionals such as speech pathologists, to be part of any
multi-disciplinary team. See for example, Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
74; Margaret Pozzebon, Submission 97; Ms Kim Torresi,
Dr Bronwyn Moorhouse and Dr Amanda Scott, Submission 98.
[31]
RACP and ANZSGM, Submission 22, pp. 12-13.
[32]
DoHA, Submission 89, p. 12.
[33]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 22.
[34]
Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer’s Australia Inc., Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 11 September 2012, p. 1.
[35]
Dr Jane Forbes Thompson, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 11
September 2012, p. 2. See also, NSW Health, Submission 95, p. 4, p. 6.
[36]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 21.
[37]
NSW Health, Submission 95, p. 6. See also, RACP and ANZSGM, Submission
22, p. 2, p. 14.
[38]
For further discussion on nurses as coordinators, see Royal College of
Nursing, Submission 61, pp. 1-2.
[39]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, pp. 22-23.
[40]
Ms Kathryn Cunningham, Alzheimer's Australia South Australia, Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 23. See also Professor Craig Whitehead,
South Australia Health Statewide Older People Clinical Network, Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 17.
[41]
Ms Marie Alford, Alzheimer’s Australia South Australia, Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 22.
[42]
Mrs Fiona Young, Community Dementia Service, Tasmanian Health Organisation
North, Official Committee Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012, p. 18.
[43]
Community Dementia Service Primary Health North, Submission 14, p.
3.
[44]
AIHW, Dementia care in hospitals costs and strategies, 2013, p. 15.
For statistics on dementia diagnosis in hospitals, see p. ix and pp. 67-80.
[45]
RACP and ANZSGM, Submission 22, p. 20.
[46]
MDAG, Submission 48, pp. 6-7. See also, Associate Professor Mark
Yates, Submission 13.
[47]
Dr Stephen Brady, Alice Springs Hospital, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, Wednesday 30 January, 2013, p.10. See also, Gloria (NSW), Submission
18.
[48]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, Submission 13.
[49]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, Submission 13.
[50]
Mrs Judy Buckley, Alzheimer’s Australia NT Inc., Official Committee
Hansard, Alice Springs, 30 January 2013.
[51]
Associate Professor Mark Yates, Submission 13.
[52]
Ms Marianne Cummins, Australian Association of Gerontology, Official
Committee Hansard, Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, pp. 29-30.
[53]
MDAG, Submission 48, pp. 6-7.
[54]
MDAG, Submission 48, p. 9.
[55]
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Living Longer.
Living Better., ‘Tackling dementia’, <http://www.livinglongerlivingbetter.gov.au/internet/living/publishing.nsf/Content/tackling-dementia#2>
viewed 3 June 2013.
[56]
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Living Longer.
Living Better., ‘Tackling dementia’, <http://www.livinglongerlivingbetter.gov.au/internet/living/publishing.nsf/Content/tackling-dementia#2>
viewed 3 June 2013.
[57]
See for example, Central Coast Local Health District, Submission 103.
[58]
Life Care, Submission 110, pp. 2-3.
[59]
NSW HACC Issues Forum, Submission 85, p. 5. See also, Jenie (SA), Submission
15.
[60]
See for example, Baptistcare Inc, Submission 33, pp. 2-3.
[61]
Ms Kate Swaffer, Submission 77, p. 10.
[62]
HammondCare, Submission 86, p. 2. See also, Ms Kate Swaffer, Submission
77, p. 13; Mrs Jacinta Robertson, Life Care, Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 3.
[63]
Dr Jennifer Torr, Submission 73, p. [6].
[64]
Dr Jennifer Torr, Submission 73, p. [6].
[65]
Australian Nursing Federation, Submission 79, p. 8.
[66]
Mercy Health, Submission 81, p. 5. See also, SA Department for
Communities and Social Inclusion, Submission 91, p. 13.
[67]
See for example: Mrs Nicole O’Connor, Alzheimer’s Australia (NT), Official
Committee Hansard, Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 2.
[68]
Professor David Atkinson, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Official
Committee Hansard, Broome, 13 November 2012, p. 3. See also, Kimberley Aged
and Community Services, Submission 107.
[69]
Professor David Atkinson, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Official
Committee Hansard, Broome, 13 November 2012, p. 3.
[70]
Ms Wilma Gibson, Central Desert Shire Council, Official Committee
Hansard, Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 37.
[71]
Ms Nina Bullock, MacDonnell Shire Council, Official Committee Hansard,
Alice Springs, 30 January 2013, p. 36.
[72]
See for example, Jill (NSW), Submission 101.
[73]
Mr Terry Mehan, Queensland Health, Official Committee Hansard,
Brisbane, 1 August 2012, pp. 30-31. See also, National Rural Health Alliance
(NRHA), Submission 36, p. 3.
[74]
NRHA, Submission 36, p. 3. See also, Mrs Kylie Wood, Official Committee
Hansard, Launceston, 27 July 2012, p. 6.
[75]
DoHA, Dementia Services Pathways, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-dementia-services-pathways-2011-toc.htm>
viewed 5 June 2013.
[76]
Australian Government, Living Longer. Living Better. April 2012.
Chapter 7 A dementia friendly future
[1]
Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT), Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 9.
[2] Mr Glenn Rees, Alzheimer's Australia, Official
Committee Hansard, 1 August 2012, p. 8.
[3]
See for example: Professor Philip Morris, Official Committee Hansard,
Brisbane, 1 August 2012, p. 13.
[4]
See for example: Dr Leah Collins, Australian Psychological Society (APS),
Official Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 19; Mr Mark
Howland, Dementia (Community Health), Hunter New England Local Health District,
Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 27 August, 2012, p. 21; Mr Joseph
Cidoni, Official Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012,
p. 1; Professor Scott Whyte, Central Coast Local Health, Official
Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 16.
[5]
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Submission
34 (Attachment B), p. 17.
[6]
Dr Leah Collins, Australian Psychological Society (APS), Official Committee
Hansard, 14 June 2012, p. 19.
[7] The Royal Australian College of General Physicians
(RACGP), Submission 83, p. 8.
[8]
National Stroke Foundation, Submission 88, p. 2. See also: Life
Activities Clubs Victoria Inc., Submission 10, p. 2.
[9]
Dr Lyndon Bauer, Health Promotion Central Coast, Official Committee
Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 30.
[10] RACGP, Submission 83, p. 8.
[11]
Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Submission 89, p. 16.
[12]
See for example: Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies, Submission 26;
Coralie (Tas), Submission 30.
[13]
CSIRO, Submission 34 (Attachment B), p. 24.
[14]
Professor Scott Whyte, Central Coast Local Health District, Official
Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, p. 17.
[15]
Community Care Services-Central Coast Ltd, Submission 104, p. 2.
[16]
Professor Philip Morris, Official Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 1
August 2012, p. 13.
[17]
Alzheimer’s Australia Tasmania, Submission 37, p. 5.
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See for example: Benetas, Submission 25, p. 7; National Rural Health
Alliance Inc, Submission 36, p. 8; Blue Care, Submission 51, p.
10; Alzheimer’s Australia, NSW, Submission 92, p. 2; NSW Department
of Health, Submission 95, p. 10; Ms Kate
Swaffer, Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 8 June 2012, p. 33; Mr
Peter McCloskey and Mrs Marilyn Cassin, Community Care Services-Central Coast
Ltd, Official Committee Hansard, Terrigal, 12 October 2012, pp. 27-29.
[19]
See for example: Benetas, Submission 25, pp. 7-8; Reliance Medical
Practice and Reliance GP Super Clinic, Submission 105, p. 4.
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Ms Anna Le Deux, Alzheimer's Australia Vic, Official Committee Hansard,
Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 23.
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Alzheimer’s Australia, Your Brain Matters, <http://www.yourbrainmatters.org.au>
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RACGP, Submission 22, p. 3.
[28]
See for example: Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Submission
40; Pfizer Australia, Submission 49; Eli Lilly Australia, Submission
54.
[29]
See for example: CSIRO, Submission 34, pp. 3-4; National Ageing
Research Institute (NARI), Submission 59, pp. 1-3; Mental Health
Research Institute (MHRI), Submission 94, pp. 1-4; Professor Ralph
Martins, Edith Cowan University and McCusker Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Official
Committee Hansard, Perth, 12 November 2012, pp. 14-20;
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The Australian Association of Gerontology Inc. (AAG), Submission 67,
p. 2.
[31]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Submission 44, p. 27.
[32]
Alzheimer’s Australia (National Office), Supplementary Submission 44.2,
p. 27.
[33]
Government funding for research is also available from the Australian
Research Council and also from the Australian Government Department of Health
and Ageing, notably through the flexible funds initiatives.
[34]
Professor Warwick Anderson, National Health and Medical Research Council
(NHMRC), Official Committee Hansard, Canberra, 12 February 2013, p. 2.
[35]
Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), Supplementary submission
(NHMRC) 89.1, p. 2.
[36]
Professor Warwick Anderson, NHMRC, Official Committee Hansard,
Canberra, 12 February 2013, p. 2.
[37]
The Dementia Collaborative Research Centres (DCRC) undertake research, as
well as translating the outcomes of that research into practice. Each Centre
has a specific focus: Early Detection and Prevention; Assessment and Better
Care Outcomes; and Carers and Consumers.
[38]
AAG, Submission 67, pp. [3-4].
[39]
Dr Barbara Horner, Submission 109, p 2.
[40]
RACGP, Submission 22, p. 18.
[41]
Australian Nursing Federation, Submission 79, p. 11.
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Professor Dimity Pond, Official Committee Hansard, Newcastle, 8
November 2012, p. 44.
[43]
AAG, Submission 67, pp. 2-3.
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CSIRO, Submission 34, pp. 2-3.
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CSIRO, Submission 34, pp. 2-3.
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Standing Committee on Health, Communiqué, 10 August 2012, p.1.
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NHMRC, Research Translation Faculty, <http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/research-translation/research-translation-faculty>
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NHMRC, Research Translation Faculty, <http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/research-translation/research-translation-faculty>
viewed 3 June 2013.
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Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT),
Official Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 9.
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Alzheimer’s Australia, Dementia friendly societies: the way forward,
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Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT), Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 9. See also: Southern Cross Care
(SA & NT), Submission 122, p. 2, and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Dementia
without Walls, <http://www.jrf.org.uk/work/workarea/dementia-without-walls>
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Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT), Official Committee
Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 9.
[55]
Professor Henry Brodaty, MDAG, Official Committee Hansard, Canberra,
8 February 2013, pp. 15-16.
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Ms Lisa Astete, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Official Committee Hansard,
Melbourne, 14 June 2012, p. 4.
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Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 53, p. 5.
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Ms Kate Swaffer, Submission 77, p. 13.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ‘Dementia without Walls’ <http://www.jrf.org.uk/work/workarea/dementia-without-walls>
viewed 16 May 2013.
[60]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Dementia friendly societies: the way forward,
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viewed 16 May 2013.
[61]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Dementia friendly societies: the way forward,
Paper 31, May 2013, p. 4 <http://www.fightdementia.org.au/common/files/NAT/Paper_31_web.pdf>
viewed 16 May 2013; Mr Andrew Larpent, Southern Cross Care (SA & NT), Official
Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 March 2013, p. 7.
[62]
Alzheimer’s Australia, Dementia friendly societies: the way forward,
Paper 31, May 2013, p. 15 <http://www.fightdementia.org.au/common/files/NAT/Paper_31_web.pdf>
viewed 16 May 2013.
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