Health Plan for Dementia in Perth, Australia

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Table of Contents
Population and health issue:............................................................................................................2
Project plan:.....................................................................................................................................3
Objectives........................................................................................................................................5
Strategies..........................................................................................................................................6
Budget estimate...............................................................................................................................6
Time estimate...................................................................................................................................7
Evaluation........................................................................................................................................8
Working in partnership with others.................................................................................................9
Sustainability...................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................11

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Population and health issue:
Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia contributing to 5.4 of all in the
males and 10.6% of all death in female each year (McKeith, 2017). Australian Bureau of
Statistics reported that in 2016, dementia became the leading cause of death amongst Australian
women suppressing the death rate of cardiovascular disease, which has been the leading cause of
death both male and female from the decade (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2018). However, a
study byHallberg et al. (2016), suggested that women are a higher risk of developing dementia
account for 64.4% of all dementia-related deaths. The recent estimation of 2018 reported that
approximately 436, 366 Australian women are either living with dementia or at higher risk of
dementia without any medical checkup (Johansson et al., 2017). Dementia describes as a
collection of symptoms associated with impaired memory and characterized by progressive
decline in thinking ability along with the physical function and behavior (Dewing &Dijk, 2016).
A considerate number of individual in Australia, especially in Perth are ignorant about dementia
due to lack of sound knowledge and awareness. Consequently, current estimation suggested that
250 people are joining the population with dementia each day in which the majority of them the
women (Miller, Whitlatch& Lyons, 2016). Another study by Jung (2015), highlighted that three
people out of 10 people are above 85 years and 10 people over 65years dementia (Brooker&
Latham, 2015). At present more than 40 million people are suffering from dementia, which
further increased economic burden and mortality rate. Therefore, with the growing concern of
dementia, researchers highlighted the need for urgent interventions focused on risk reduction
(Braden& Gaspar, 2015).

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According toGibson et al. (2016), the common symptoms of dementia are cognitive
decline. Researchers highlighted that lifestyle factors such as smoking habits, alcohol
consumptions, workplace stress, diet, and physical activities increase the risk of developing late-
life dementia and accurate interventions for the target group significantly reduces the prevalence
of dementia and in the population(McKeith, 2017).Women of more than 60 years with genetic
histories are at higher risk of developing dementia. Due to lack of sound knowledge and
awareness, the majority of the individual confuses dementia with senility in old age and refuse to
seek medical help, which increases the prevalence e of dementia followed by mortality rate
(who.int., 2018).
In 2018, Australia cost more than $ 15 billion on management and treatment of dementia.
The recent estimation by world health organization suggested that by 2025, the total cost of
dementia predicted to increase more than $18.7 billion in recent dollars (Braden& Gaspar, 2015).
Therefore, in order to resolve the issue, the federal government established national health and
medical research council’s national institutions of dementia research for ensuring the
coordination, funding, and communication for resolving the issue.
Project plan:
The prime aim of the program is to raise awareness amongst the community, risk
assessment for women of Perth over 60years who are at higher risk of developing dementia, and
provide medical advice to the family members who are suffering from higher risk of dementia
and free nursing services to the women who are unable to visit the hospital. The concept is taken
from the different health program of dementia designed world health organization. The health
program will involve raising awareness in the community through the development of a website.
According to, the significance of raising awareness by developing a website is to increase sound