The health of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Australas J Ageing. 2016 Jun;35(2):82-5. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12332. Epub 2016 May 7.

Abstract

The health of Aboriginal Australians is poorer than that of all other Indigenous cultures in developed nations, and recent studies suggest high rates of dementia and other conditions that are common in old age. This has implications for health promotion, provision of services and planning for older age in these communities. This article provides an overview on the health of Older Aboriginal Australians.

Keywords: Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander peoples; ageing; dementia; frailty of care.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aging / ethnology*
  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Chronic Pain / ethnology
  • Chronic Pain / psychology
  • Chronic Pain / therapy
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / ethnology*
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Dementia / therapy
  • Fecal Incontinence / ethnology
  • Fecal Incontinence / psychology
  • Fecal Incontinence / therapy
  • Female
  • Health Behavior / ethnology
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / ethnology
  • Health Services, Indigenous
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander* / psychology
  • Urinary Incontinence / ethnology
  • Urinary Incontinence / psychology
  • Urinary Incontinence / therapy