Dementia Care: A Case Study

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The aim the article was to examine the issues experienced by Vietnamese family caregivers and Vietnamese care workers in regards to Dementia care in South Australia. Methods used for the study was face-to-face interviews using semi—structured questions for six Vietnamese family caregivers and one focus group discussion with Vietnamese care workers. The key finding of the study were the need for appropriate CALD dementia educational programmes, poor understanding of services available for dementia care, language barriers when assessing dementia cares services and cultural beliefs. The strength of the study is the use of face to face interviews to accurate screen Vietnamese Caregivers perception of Dementia services. However limitation is the

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