Norman Radican, Alzheimer's Australia: Who will I be when I get dementia? An LGBTI Diversity Within Diversity Perspective

Who will I be when I get dementia?

An LGB and TI Diversity within Diversity Perspective

Norman Radican

LGBTI Project Officer

CaLD Liaison Officer

Access and Equity Unit

Alzheimer’s Australia SA

LGBTI Aged Care Conference

Sydney June 2013

Access

to services is determined and influenced by

diverse social and cultural factors

which impact on

an individual’s capacity

to enter the health service system and their

ability to engage

that system to provide them with the

best quality services

for their needs

Equity

in dementia and aged care services supports

the right of every individual

to the

highest attainable standard of care

regardless of their age, culture, religion, race,

language, gender, sexual orientation,

geographic location or socio-economic status

Cultural Diversity Continuum

Competence

Appropriateness

Awareness

Sensitivity

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

New and Emerging Communities

•

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

YOD

Rural &

Remote

Prisoners

Homeless

LGBTI

HIV positive Accelerated Ageing 20% Cognitive Impairment HIV Associated Dementia (HAD)

January 2011

SALO

LGBTI

Community

Dementia Project

July 2012

LGBTI Training

Program

for Dementia

Ageing and

Aged Care

Services

Dementia Statistics

Over 320,000 Australians living with dementia

Increase by 1/3 to 400,000 in 10 years

Expected to be at least 900,000 by 2050

One person diagnosed every 6 minutes

1,700 new cases each week

One in ten people over 65 have dementia

Almost 25,000 people with YOD

Estimated 1.2 million people caring for

someone with dementia

Third leading cause of death in Australia

THERE IS NO CURE

What is Dementia?

Disease

Over 100 Syndromes

4 Main Types

Alzheimer’s disease most common

Symptoms

Memory Loss

Memories regress to life of 20’s and 30’s

Am I the only Gay (LBTI) in the Village?

By 2050 almost 900,000 people in Australia will be living with dementia (Access Economics 2010)

If we conservatively say that the LGBTI

population is approximately 8 - 10% of the overall population then by 2050, there will 90,000 people living with dementia who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and

transgender, intersex

Approximately 20% of the more than 1000 people living with HIV in SA will develop HAD

(HIV Associated Dementia)

In or Out of the Closet

In the Closet

Who will I be when I get dementia?

“Who will I be when I get dementia?” asked Mary

Transgender

LGBTI

CALD ATSI

PERSON-CENTRED CARE All people have the right to be treated as unique individuals

with dignity and respect

regardless of age, culture, religion, race, language, gender, sexual

orientation, geographic location or socio-economic status

Aged Care must be relevant

to the lives of LGBTI people,

not the other way around.

Mark Butler MP, Minister of Mental Health and Ageing,

Minister for Social Inclusion

Understand LGBTI Dementia

Australia

Thank You !

Any

Questions?