We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia

Rayner, Jo‐Anne; Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre; Ibrahim, Joseph E

doi:10.5694/mja2.51228

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To the Editor: Low and colleagues1 highlight the long‐standing issue that the provision of residential aged care in Australia remains grossly inadequate. This is particularly egregious given that these deficits and remedial actions have been known for decades from numerous inquiries commissioned by successive federal governments and reiterated by the Royal Commission.

1 La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC
2 Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Melbourne, VIC
3 Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

Correspondence: j.rayner@latrobe.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

1. NHRMC National Institute for Dementia Research Special Interest Group in Rehabilitation and Dementia. We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia. Med J Aust 2021; 214: 66–68. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/2/we-need-model-health-and-aged-care-services-adequately-supports-australians
2. Ibrahim JE. Residential aged care: there is no single optimal model. Med J Aust 2018; 208: 431–432. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/208/10/residential-aged-care-there-no-single-optimal-model
3. Ibrahim JE, Fetherstonhaugh D, Rayner J, et al. Meeting the needs of older people living in Australian residential aged care: a new conceptual model. Australas J Ageing 2020; 39: 148–155.
4. Bugeja L, Ibrahim JE, Brodie L. Occupational death investigation and prevention model for coroners and medical examiners. Inj Prev 2010; 16: 2–6.

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