Date: June 2013
Release by: Mercy Health

In June 2013, the Australian Senate Committee on Community Affairs requested submissions for an “Inquiry into the care and management of younger and older Australians living with dementia and behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD)”.

Mercy Health, an end-user Participant  of the CRC for Mental Health, made an independent submission to the inquiry.  Mercy Health’s submission emphasised the value of a multidisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of people with the condition and those of their families. Mercy Health’s submission also indicated that front-line care staff such as GPs and residential aged-care staff need “ongoing support and education” in the etiology of dementia, as well as its diagnosis and care.

You can read Mercy Health’s submission to the enquiry here.

The final report from the Committee on Community Affairs will be available here when released.