Traditional healing and medicine in dementia care for Indigenous populations in North America, Australia, and New Zealand: a scoping review

• Main Author: Shrestha, Hom Lal
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Laurentian University of Sudbury 2021
• Subjects: Cultural safety; dementia care; Indigenous populations; integration; policy barrier; research gap; traditional healer; Canada; New Zealand; Briggs; First Nations; Metis
• Online Access: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3741

Access to culturally-safe dementia assessment, diagnosis, and care in Indigenous populations worldwide is an emerging challenge. In 2018, the World Health Organization recognized traditional healers as stakeholders in dementia care and prevention. Traditional healers contribute to dementia assessmen...