25 results match your criteria: "National Ageing Research Institute (NARI)[Affiliation]"

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  • This study analyzed the performance of long-term care services (LTCS) in Australia, focusing on 12 quality indicators to determine achievable benchmarks of care (ABC©) based on top-performing facilities.
  • The research included data from 2,746 LTCS and over 244,000 residents aged 65 and older in 2019, revealing that certain quality indicators had low benchmark rates, with 17-59% of LTCS meeting ABC for severe health concerns.
  • Results showed that smaller and government-owned LTCS were more likely to achieve these benchmarks, highlighting the importance of these characteristics for quality care delivery.
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  • This study evaluated how well healthcare professionals and caregivers understand and implement non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in Australian aged care facilities.
  • An online survey of 96 staff members revealed that while many were familiar with NPIs, a significant portion felt there was inadequate funding and resources to properly implement them.
  • The findings suggest that barriers like limited funding, personnel, and skepticism about NPIs hinder their use, indicating a need for better education, training, and increased support for these interventions.
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Background: Multicomponent interventions with carers of people with dementia demonstrate positive effects on the health and quality of life for carers and care recipients. The World Health Organization's iSupport for Dementia is an evidence-based online psychoeducation programme for carers. However, the programme was mainly implemented as a self-learning tool which might have limited its positive effects on carers and care recipients.

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Attitudes to long-term care in India: A secondary, mixed methods analysis.

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry

June 2024

Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Objectives: In India, globalisation is purported to have contributed to shifting family structures and changing attitudes to long-term care (LTC) facility use. We investigated the attitudes to and usage frequency of LTC in India.

Methods: We conducted secondary analyses of: (a) The Moving Pictures India Project qualitative interviews with 19 carers for people with dementia and 25 professionals, collected in 2022, exploring attitudes to LTC; and (b) The Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) 2017-2018, cross-sectional survey of a randomised probability sample of Indian adults aged 45+ living in private households.

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Background: India is the world's most populous country, and overseas Indians the world's largest diaspora. Many of the more than 1·4 million UK-based Indians will be providing care at a distance for parents living in India. Globalisation has contributed to a shift in India from traditional joint family systems to more nuclear structures.

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Issue Addressed: With an ageing population and growing complexity and fragmentation of health care systems, health literacy is increasingly important in managing health. This study investigated health literacy strengths and challenges reported by older Australians (people aged 65 or over) and identified how socio-demographic and health factors related to their health literacy profiles.

Methods: The sample comprised 1578 individuals responding to the Australian Government's 2018 Health Literacy Survey, conducted between January and August.

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  • The study examines the experiences of migrant care workers in residential aged care facilities, focusing on their job demands, coping strategies, and intentions to stay or leave the sector.* -
  • Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 migrant workers from Filipino, Indian, and Nigerian backgrounds in Perth, analyzing their responses to uncover key themes related to their motivations and challenges.* -
  • Findings highlight motivating factors for these workers, such as job availability and cultural values around caring, while also noting significant resettlement and workplace challenges like limited support, communication barriers, and discrimination that need to be addressed in workforce reforms.*
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  • The study looks at why more older migrants in Australia will have dementia in the future.
  • It found that the number of these migrants with dementia could jump from about 134,423 in 2016 to 378,724 by 2051.
  • This increase is especially big for people from South-East Asia, Southern & Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and means that health services will need to adapt to help these communities better.
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity, Function, and Quality of Life.

Clin Geriatr Med

August 2022

Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), The University of Melbourne and Western Health, St. Albans, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine-Western Health, The University of Melbourne, St. Albans, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address:

It is now more than 2 years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected people around the globe, particularly older persons, who are at the highest risk of severe disease. In addition, many of those who survive will have symptoms that persist after the initial infection. COVID-19 infection severely affects function and mobility through its impact on the musculoskeletal system.

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Background: Home-based dementia care is common in the Chinese-Australian community. However, dementia education programs for Chinese-Australians in the language of their choice are scarce. The World Health Organization has developed iSupport for Dementia, an online education program for informal caregivers.

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Aims: To describe a nurse-led multicentre randomized controlled trial protocol developed to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a Chinese iSupport for Dementia program in Australia and Greater China including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Design: A multicentre randomized controlled trial following the SPIRIT checklist.

Methods: Participants in the study will be recruited from Australia and Greater China and will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or the usual care group.

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The impact of loneliness and social isolation on health state utility values: a systematic literature review.

Qual Life Res

July 2022

Faculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.

Background: Loneliness and social isolation are recognised as social problems and denote a significant health burden. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review to explore the health state utility values (HSUVs) associated with loneliness and/or social isolation.

Method: Peer-reviewed journals published in English language that reported both HSUVs along with loneliness and/or social isolation scores were identified through five databases.

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A large proportion of nursing home residents in developed countries come from ethnic minority groups. Unmet care needs and poor quality of care for this resident population have been widely reported. This systematic review aimed to explore social conditions affecting ethnic minority residents' ability to exercise their autonomy in communication and care while in nursing homes.

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Background: The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study commenced in 2006 as a prospective study of 1,112 individuals (768 cognitively normal (CN), 133 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 211 with Alzheimer's disease dementia (AD)) as an 'Inception cohort' who underwent detailed ssessments every 18 months. Over the past decade, an additional 1247 subjects have been added as an 'Enrichment cohort' (as of 10 April 2019).

Objective: Here we provide an overview of these Inception and Enrichment cohorts of more than 8,500 person-years of investigation.

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English Language Proficiency Among Older Migrants in Australia, 2016-2046.

J Int Migr Integr

June 2021

Demography and Ageing Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie St, Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia.

Australia's population is growing, ageing and exhibiting increasing heterogeneity with respect to birthplace and ethnic composition. Yet, little is understood about the levels of English language proficiency among the next generation of older migrants in Australia. Utilising a modified cohort-component model incorporating detailed language proficiency transition probabilities, we project birthplace populations by levels of English language proficiency to mid-century.

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Androgen receptor CAG repeat length as a moderator of the relationship between free testosterone levels and cognition.

Horm Behav

May 2021

Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address:

Age-related decrease in testosterone levels is a potential risk factor for cognitive decline in older men. However, observational studies and clinical trials have reported inconsistent results on the effects of testosterone on individual cognitive domains. Null findings may be attributed to factors that studies have yet to consider.

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Many of the European migrant populations which settled in Australia in the three decades after World War Two are now much older, and their aged care and health care needs are changing. While there is a considerable literature on aspects of ageing in many migrant groups (particularly as it pertains to culturally appropriate aged care), little research attention has been given to aspects of ageing and its implications. The aim of this paper is to address this lacuna by presenting projections of Australia's Europe-born older migrant population from 2016 to 2056.

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In recent years, Australia's older population (aged 65 and over) has been growing rapidly, accompanied by a shift in its country of birth composition. Although a great deal of research has been undertaken on past and current aspects of Australia's migrant groups, little attention has been paid to future demographic trends in older populations. The aim of this paper is to examine recent and possible future demographic trends of Australia's migrant populations at the older ages.

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Objective: Australian policy-making needs better information on the prevalence, context and types of discrimination reported by people living with mental health conditions and the association of exposure to discrimination with experiencing a barrier to accessing healthcare.

Methods: Secondary data analysis using the national representative General Social Survey 2014 to examine discrimination and healthcare barriers. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the association between discrimination and barriers to healthcare.

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A Scoping Review of Dementia Care Experiences in Migrant Aged Care Workforce.

Gerontologist

February 2020

National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Background And Objectives: In high-income countries, an increasing number of people living with dementia in residential aged care facilities are being cared for by an increasingly multicultural workforce. The purpose of this review was to investigate migrant aged care workers' dementia care experiences and to identify enablers and challenges that influence their retention.

Research Design And Methods: Utilizing Arksey and O' Malley's approach, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, and EMBASE were searched for peer-reviewed studies published from 2000 to November 2018.

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Background: While videoconferencing, telementoring, and peer support have been shown to enhance services in some instances, there has been no research investigating the use of these technologies in supporting professionals managing clients with dementia. The objective of this research was to evaluate expansion of an old age psychiatry consultation service and pilot test a model to improve medical supervision and clinical governance for staff within regional and remote areas using remote information technology.

Methods: The design was a mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation using before, mid-point and post-implementation semi-structured interviews and questionnaires to examine orientation, acceptance, and impact underpinned by theoretical approaches to evaluation.

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Objectives: To characterise the risk factors for chronic idiopathic normocytic anaemia (CINA) in older people, particularly the role of age-associated renal impairment.

Methods: Patients aged ≥65 years admitted to a medical unit over 12 months were assessed. Those with secondary causes of anaemia including chronic kidney disease (CKD) were excluded.

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Aim: To determine whether rehabilitation inpatients at high risk of falls receive adequate falls risk assessment, management and handover on discharge as per Australian Best Practice Guidelines.

Methods: Medical records of 121 people who received inpatient rehabilitation were retrospectively screened; records of 50 people discharged home and at high falls risk (fall in last 12 months, fall preceding/during admission) were audited. Data extracted included falls risk identification during rehabilitation and in discharge documentation; falls risk factors assessed; and fall prevention strategies implemented.

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Rates of diagnostic transition and cognitive change at 18-month follow-up among 1,112 participants in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL).

Int Psychogeriatr

April 2014

Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne; St. Vincent's Aged Psychiatry Service, St George's Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia.

Background: The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Flagship Study of Ageing is a prospective study of 1,112 individuals (211 with Alzheimer's disease (AD), 133 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 768 healthy controls (HCs)). Here we report diagnostic and cognitive findings at the first (18-month) follow-up of the cohort. The first aim was to compute rates of transition from HC to MCI, and MCI to AD.

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