Living well with dementia

Date Published:

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Duration:

28:08

Professor Ngaire Kerse talks about living well with dementia. Ngaire is a GP in Auckland, Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care and the Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well at the University of Auckland.

After training in primary care in the USA, completing a Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and GP training in New Zealand, Australia, and then a PhD at the University of Melbourne, she has built a programme of research throughout New Zealand over the last two decades.

Topics:

Diagnosis of dementia
Adjusting to change
Considering the future
Cognitive testing: MoCA, RUDAS
Family respite and support
Driving and dementia
Whakawhanaungatanga when dealing with Māori patients and whānau

Take home messages

Making the diagnosis of dementia can happen and is often most appropriate in primary care.
For Māori patients get whānau and the wider community involved.
Be realistic with patients about driving.
Encourage getting affairs in order early.
Caring for the carers is important too.
Get community agencies involved.

Resources

Dementia care for Māori Goodfellow short course (2019)
Driving assessment for patients with dementia: a how-to guide Goodfellow MedCase (2020)
Dementia Goodfellow short course (2017)
Assessing decision-making capacity: the clinical basics Goodfellow eLearning (2018)

Patient resources

Dementia Health Navigator NZ
Living with dementia help sheets Dementia Australia
Alzheimers New Zealand
Dementia NZ
Carers NZ

Presenter

Professor Ngaire Kerse
General Practitioner

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