Compared depression and anxiety in older Greek-born immigrants and Anglo-Australians. Greek-born participants had more anxiety, and social, health and living conditions helped explain the differences.
Topic: Older people
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Psychological well-being of older Chinese immigrants living in Australia: a comparison with older Caucasians
Compared older Chinese immigrants with older Australian-born people on several wellbeing measures. Loneliness was common among older Chinese immigrants and their quality of life was lower.
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“The mind may go, but the heart knows”: Emotional care by ethnic minority carers of people living with dementia
Interviews with carers from ethnic minority backgrounds looking after family members with dementia. Carers worked hard to protect the person’s emotional wellbeing, which was tiring but seen as a core part of caring.
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Effects of a multilingual information website intervention on the levels of depression literacy and depression-related stigma in Greek-born and Italian-born immigrants living in Australia: a randomized controlled trial
A trial with Greek-born and Italian-born Australians found that a multilingual depression information website increased knowledge about depression and reduced personal stigma.
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Implementing interpreter training for dementia assessments at national scale using the RE-AIM framework: a mixed-methods evaluation
Evaluated a national training program for interpreters who work in dementia assessments. The training is now freely available and may improve dementia diagnosis for people who speak languages other than English.
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Dementia in Australia: Dementia among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
A section of AIHW’s national dementia report focused on people from CALD backgrounds. It shows that about half of CALD people with dementia living in the community did not speak English well or at all, which matters for assessment and care.