Strengthening the Quality of Dementia Care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residential Aged Care (Old ID 27652)
Role
Chief Investigator
Description
Aim: Develop and field-test an audit tool for assessing the standard of dementia care in Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander residential aged care (RAC), against Quality Standards and Best Practice guidelines for dementia care. Method: - Undertake scoping review on best practice dementia care; - Develop a standardised audit tool based on scoping review evidence; - Field-test tool to evaluate face and content validity and inter-rater reliability. Outcome: Best practice dementia care audit tool and accompanying manual. Significance: Groundwork for a larger funding application to Dementia Australia that will test the audit tool and inform the feasibility and acceptability of a continuous quality improvement approach for strengthening dementia care in Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander RAC.
Date
01 Feb 2022 - 31 May 2022
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Ageing;Indigenous Health;Residential aged care facility;Dementia care
Funding Body
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Amount
9989
Project Team
Diane Cadet-James;Rachel Quigley;Edward Strivens;Sarah Russell