We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 20:49authored byLow, LF, Laver, K, Katherine LawlerKatherine Lawler, Swaffer, K, Bahar-Fuchs, A, Bennett, S, Blair, A, Burton, J, Michele CallisayaMichele Callisaya, Cations, M, O'Connor, CMC, Gresham, M, Lewin, G, Messent, P, Poulos, CJ, Wesson, J, Scott, TL, G Rees
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has led to reflections around reforming Australia’s health care system.1 In view of future reforms, this article is intended to provoke policy and clinical discussion regarding what an effective, efficient model of service delivery meeting the needs of people with dementia and their families may look like. The opinion presented here belongs to the members of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Institute for Dementia Research Special Interest Group in Rehabilitation and Dementia.