Māori and Mate Wareware
Predictors of Aged Residential Care Placement in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Dementia at a New Zealand Memory Service.
Cullum, S., Varghese, C., Yates, S., Kalauta, L., Appleton, J., Knell, R., Cheung, G. (2021).
Journal of Long-term Care, (2021), 24–32
Sarah Cullum and colleagues report that Maori and Pacifica people living with dementia were less likely to enter aged residential care despite having more severe dementia and higher levels of comorbidity.
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Ethnic Variations in the Quality Use of Medicines in Older Adults: Māori and Non-Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Hikaka, J., Jones, R., Hughes, C. et al. (2021).
Drugs Aging 38, 205–217
Joanna Hikaka and colleagues have reviewed the available literature on ethnic variations in the quality use of medicines, including medicines utilisation and associated clinical outcomes, between Māori and non- Māori older adult populations in NZ.
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Oldest Age Does Not Come Alone: What’s the Name of the Day?
Kēpa, M. (2019).
W. Hulko, D. Wilson, & J. Balestrery (Eds.). Indigenous Peoples and Dementia: New Understandings of Memory Loss and Memory Care. Toronto, Canada: UBC Press.
This chapter describes the Māori context of dementia, a research project that undertook a series of interviews and focus groups to answer how Māori people can humanise the care of elderly Māori, and the author’s personal experience with dementia.
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Do Community-Dwelling Māori and Pacific Peoples Present With Dementia at a Younger Age and at a Later Stage Compared With NZ Europeans?
Cullum, S., Mullin, K., Zeng, I., Yates, S., Payman, V., Fisher, M., & Cheung, G. (2018).
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(8), 1098-1104.
This study used routinely collected clinical data from a memory assessment service in South Auckland to examine the presentation of dementia across the major NZ ethnic groups. Māori and Pacific peoples with dementia presented to an NZ memory service at a younger age than NZ Europeans, and Pacific peoples presented with more advanced dementia.
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Oral Health Experiences of Māori With Dementia and Whānau Perspectives-Oranga Waha Mō Ngā Iwi Katoa.
Gilmour, J. (2016).
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 32(1).
This paper reports a study of the oral health experiences and needs of Māori with dementia and their whānau. Age-related changes are associated with oral health issues such as gum recession, increased caries risk, and problems with previous dental work. A diagnosis of dementia is an added factor due to care provision difficulties. A descriptive qualitative research design was used to develop an in-depth understanding of oral health issues from the perspective of the people being interviewed.
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Towards Inclusion: The Beginnings of a Bicultural Model of Dementia Care in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Martin, R., & Paki, P. (2012).
Dementia, 11(4), 545-552.
This article describes the development of a bicultural approach to dementia care in Tai Tokerau (Northland), Aotearoa New Zealand. It emphasises the need to provide care for Māori people with dementia within the context of extended family structures in order to improve their representation in dementia services
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