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Overview

This work aimed to understand the perceptions of health care providers, including geriatricians, general practitioners, practice nurses, community nurses, and Aboriginal community-controlled health services, regarding optimal care for people living with dementia. Studies included prioritisation of recommendations from the Clinical Practice Guidelines and Principles of Care for People with Dementia.

Progress

Data collection is completed. Analysis and reporting are still underway to explore perceptions of geriatricians and community nurses.

Publications & Presentations
  1. Bryant J, Noble N, Freund M, et al. How can dementia diagnosis and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people be improved? Perspectives of healthcare providers providing care in Aboriginal community controlled health services. BMC Health Services Research 2021;21(1):699. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06647-2
  2. Mansfield E, Bryant J, Nair BR, et al. Optimising diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia: geriatricians’ views. BMC Geriatrics 2022;22(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02814-0
  3. Mansfield E, Noble N, Sanson-Fisher R, et al. Primary Care Physicians’ Perceived Barriers to Optimal Dementia Care: A Systematic Review. The Gerontologist 2018;59(6):e697-e708. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny067
  4. Mazza D, McCarthy E, Camões-Costa V, et al. Prioritising national dementia guidelines for general practice: A Delphi approach. Australasian Journal on Ageing 2022;41(2):247-57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13012
  5. Gibson C, Goeman D, Hutchinson A, et al. The provision of dementia care in general practice: practice nurse perceptions of their role. BMC Family Practice 2021;22(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01467-z
  6. Gibson C, Goeman D, Pond D. What is the role of the practice nurse in the care of people living with dementia, or cognitive impairment, and their support person(s)?: a systematic review. BMC Family Practice 2020;21(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01177-y
  7. Gibson C, Goeman D, Yates M, et al. Best-practice recommendations to inform general practice nurses in the provision of dementia care: a Delphi study. Australian Journal of Primary Health 2023;29(6):643-49. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/PY22276
  8. Waller A, Chan S, Chan CWH, et al. Perceptions of optimal end-of-life care in hospitals: A cross-sectional study of nurses in three locations. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2020;76(11):3014-25. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14510
  9. C Gibson, D Goeman, A Hutchinson, M Yates. The provision of dementia care in general practice: practice nurse perceptions of their role, Poster Presentation, 2022 AAG Conference, 22-25 November 2022, Adelaide.
Co-leaders: Prof Kichu Nair, Prof Danielle Mazza, Dr Dianne Goeman, Dr Jamie Bryant, Dr Elise Mansfield
Working Group Members: Prof Leon Piterman, Dr Jamie Bryant, Xiaoping Lin, Danijela Hlis (consumer), A/Prof Craig Whitehead, Dr Claudia Meyer, Prof Colette Browning, Rosyln Dent (consumer), Prof Sandra Eades, Prof Michael Lowe, Prof Susan Koch, Elaine Todd (consumer), Natasha Noble, Justin Walsh, Margeret Friel
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