Dementia care for Māori

This resource provides information and tools around communicating with Māori patients and their whānau.

It includes information on diagnosing dementia and long term care of dementia patients – all of which make it easier for you to support and care for your patients and their whānau.

Certification

Once you have completed this short course and quiz, please click 'submit', where you can print your certificate for 1 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hour.

This course has been endorsed by The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) and by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) for up to 1CME credit for their General Practice Educational Programme (GPEP) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes, and the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) for PD hours.

Acknowledgements

The development of this content was managed by Eleanor Moloney in 2019 and reviewed by Professor Ngaire Kerse (MBChB, PhD Medicine), ​Shereen Moloney (Executive Director, The New Zealand Dementia Cooperative), Dr Chris Perkins (MBChB, FRANZCP), Catherine Hall (Chief Executive, Alzheimer’s New Zealand), and Professor Leigh Hale (PhD, FNZCP). A full list of those who contributed is at the end of the course, with grateful thanks to all collaborators.