The ‘Moving Pictures’ project has come up with an innovative way to raise awareness of dementia in Australia's diverse communities. Australia’s population is becoming increasingly diverse – and is also growing older. ‘About one in three Australians are from a migrant background, they’re culturally and linguistically diverse [CALD],’ Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath, Director Social Gerontology at the National Ageing Research Institute, told newsGP. Read more...

Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath, Director Social Gerontology at the National Ageing Research Institute, talks about using Multi-media movies to build understanding about dementia in multicultural Australia. Listen...

When there's no word for dementia The National Ageing Research Institute says there's limited awareness of dementia in people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Director of Social Gerontology at the institute, Bianca Brijnath, explains how this is leading to delayed diagnosis and poorer outcomes. 'Moving pictures' is a film project that hopes to change that. Sukhwinder Rakhra is a carer for his mother who has dementia and tells us why it was so important to be interviewed [...]

We talk with Mary Enkababian who cared for her mother suffering from dementia for more than 10 years. She tells us about what it's like to watch the mother who raised you turn into a child. Read more...

People of Indian origin attending a dementia awareness session. (Bianca Brijnath) The government provides several services to those suffering from dementia, especially from multicultural backgrounds. Read more...

Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath, Director Social Gerontology at the National Ageing Research Institute said Moving Pictures was a critical step forward in helping people from CALD backgrounds understand more about dementia and the services that are available. Read more...

Improving the understanding of dementia and access to care for people in Chinese, Indian and Arab communities, is the focus of a series of short films funded by the Morrison Government. Moving Pictures is a series 15 films to help people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds look out for the warning signs of dementia, where to find help and the types of dementia care available. Read more...