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3 - Addressing Dementia Needs in Australia
- Edited by Anthea Innes, University of Salford, Debra Morgan, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Jane Farmer, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria
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- Remote and Rural Dementia Care
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- Bristol University Press
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- 10 March 2021
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- 08 May 2020, pp 37-56
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Introduction
Of 23 million Australians, there were 436,366 people living with a diagnosis of dementia in 2018 (Dementia Australia, 2018a). Dementia Australia estimates that close to 600,000 people will be living with dementia in the next decade and by 2058, the number will rise to over a million (Dementia Australia, 2018a). Dementia is the second leading cause of death for Australians (AIHW, 2016) and the single greatest cause of disability in older Australians (aged 65 years or older) (AIHW, 2012).
By 2025, the annual cost of dementia, to Australia, is projected to be around A$18.7 billion and A$36.8 billion by 2056. Unpaid family carers play a critical role in providing care for Australians living with dementia; informal carers are estimated to provide approximately A$60.3 billion of unpaid services annually, which translates to over A$1 billion per week (Deloitte Access Economics, 2015).
People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background have up to five times higher risk of developing dementia, compared with the general population (NATSEM, 2017) and Indigenous people tend to be affected by dementia at an earlier age than other Australians. Around 20 per cent of Australians with dementia come from a culturally or linguistically diverse (that is, non-White English-speaking) background.
Australian Government policy relating to dementia
Australia's current policy approach is guided by the National Framework for Action on Dementia 2015– 2019 (Department of Health, 2015) and aims to ‘Improve the quality of life for people living with dementia and their support networks’ (p 2) by ‘drawing on current evidence to promote dementia friendly societies and delivery of consumer-focused care’ (p 1).
The priority areas of the framework comprise:
a commitment to increasing awareness and reducing risk;
timely diagnosis;
access to care and support following diagnosis;
access to ongoing care and support;
access to care and support during and after hospital care;
access to end-of-life and palliative care; and
promotion of, and support for, research.
Driven by these priorities, the objectives of the framework are supported through a complex network of health and aged care services delivered variously through funding and services from Commonwealth (that is, national federal) government, state and territory governments, and local governments as well as private and not-for profit service providers.
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- By Yutaka Arai-Takahashi, Freya Baetens, Michael Byers, Christine Chinkin, Martin Dawidowicz, Damien Geradin, Tom Grant, Douglas Guilfoyle, Karen Knop, Suzanne Lalonde, Keun-Gwan Lee, Susan Marks, Thomas D. Musgrave, Alexander Orakhelashvili, Lluís Paradell Trius, Kate Parlett, Yaël Ronen, Donald R. Rothwell, Philippe Sands, Ivan Shearer, Ole Spiermann, Christian J. Tams, Isabelle Van Damme, Ralph Wilde, Margaret A. Young, Ineta Ziemele
- Edited by Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics and Political Science, Freya Baetens, Universiteit Leiden
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- Sovereignty, Statehood and State Responsibility
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- 05 February 2015
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- 12 February 2015, pp viii-x
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11 - Managing Marital Conflict: Links with Children's Peer Relationships
- Edited by John H. Grych, Marquette University, Wisconsin, Frank D. Fincham, State University of New York, Buffalo
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- Interparental Conflict and Child Development
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- 01 May 2010
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- 19 March 2001, pp 291-314
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In recent years there has been an increasing recognition of the association between marital conflict and children's adjustment (Fincham, 1998; Grych & Fincham, 1990). In spite of the increase of attention to the effects of familial conflict on children's functioning, there has been little attention devoted to children's competence with peers. The goal of this chapter is to address this relatively unexplored issue of the links between marital conflict and children's peer relationships.
Importance of Examining Links between Marital Conflict and Peer Relationships
Understanding children's social competence with peers as an outcome of marital conflict is critical for several reasons. First, the correlates and predictive associations of social incompetence (including truancy, school dropout, and criminality) have been well documented (Parker & Asher, 1987). Second, as Wasserstein and La Greca (1996) found in their investigation of marital discord and peer support among children in middle childhood, children's close friendships moderate the negative effects of marital discord. This finding highlights the importance of understanding the links between marital discord and children's peer relationships. Third, although most past research in this area has used unitary measures of child adjustment (e.g., internalizing or externalizing problems), these global evaluations need to be complemented by more specific indices in order to identify particular outcomes that may be more proximal or distal to particular aspects of marital conflict (Grych & Fincham, 1990). These global problems may, in fact, be associated with peer relationships, but there is little research that has investigated how children from families high in marital conflict are perceived socially by their peers and teachers and their level of acceptance in peer contexts.