Recent research in the Kimberley region suggests that the prevalence rates of dementia among remote and rural Indigenous people could be 4-5 times higher than those in the Australian community more generally. The research focused on the development of an assessment tool, (the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool) in order to identify those Indigenous people who may have dementia. Alzheimers Australia published a paper, Dementia: a major problem for Indigenous people.
To get more information on the KICA tool or download individual parts, go to the Western Australian Centre for Healthy Ageing
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