Dementia literacy in Greek, Italian and Chinese Australians [ 2008 - 2011 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Lee-Fay Low (Principal investigator) ,  Prof Kaarin Anstey

Brief description The dementia knowledge and beliefs of persons from Italian, Greek and Chinese backgrounds will be compared to third generation Australians. Five hundred persons from each group will be randomly selected from around Australia to be surveyed by telephone. Questions will assess whether dementia symptoms are recognised, what these persons think causes dementia, where they would go for help, how likely they are to use aged care services and stigma towards persons with dementia. Focus groups will be conducted to identify barriers to service use and identify methods to improve dementia knowledge in Italian, Greek and Chinese groups. This information will be used to improve community education and service delivery for persons with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre at the University of NSW, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service and Alzheimer’s Australia are partners in this research.

Funding Amount $AUD 228,473.14

Funding Scheme NHMRC Strategic Awards

Notes Dementia Research Grants Program