Chinese Services Project - 華人服務專案- 護腦同行 (Caring for people with dementia together)

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This project is a cross-community partnership between Dementia Auckland, Age Concern Auckland, Dr. Gary Cheung and his research team from the University of Auckland and specialists Dr. Yu Min Lin and Ray Law. This group has come together to blend their deep expertise with the shared vision of developing relevant and accessible services for Chinese people in Auckland whose lives are affected by dementia.

The Dementia Economic Impact Report 2021 includes research findings that Chinese people access existing dementia services the least of all ethnic groups because of factors such as lack of relevance and accessibility of resources, and cultural factors such as lack of awareness and stigma. This issue needs to be addressed urgently as the number of Asian people living with dementia is projected to more than triple from 4.8k in 2020 to 17.9k by 2040. As dementia has no cure, the person with dementia loses the ability to take care of themselves which becomes very stressful for families as they need to support the member of their family or whānau living with dementia. Local research tells us that Chinese people living with dementia and their families want to have culturally and linguistically appropriate dementia services.

To achieve better outcomes for Chinese people living with dementia and their families, priority needs to be placed on:

- increasing awareness within the Chinese community including the promotion of brain health to reduce the risk of dementia

- providing education and support for carers and families

- implementing a living well programme for Chinese people living with dementia

The Chinese Services project group and local Chinese communities will need to work together to develop and fund these services. The project is reliant on funding from grant applications and fundraising within the Chinese community as at present there is no funding from the DHBs. The project team has estimated that the total cost to fund services across Auckland for this project will be $750,000. A major funding campaign will be undertaken to raise this amount as neither Dementia Auckland or Age Concern have the resources available internally and neither organisation receives government funding to provide culturally specific services for the Asian community. Both organisations rely on charity money and grants to develop new services.

If you would like to stay updated with the Chinese Services Project, please email us at chineseservices@dementiaauckland.org.nz

華人服務專案- 護腦同行( Caring for people with dementia together)

一個跨社區組織的合作模式，一同為華人腦退化症患者及其家人建立更好生活。

這是一個跨社區組織合作夥伴的專案，成員包括奧克蘭腦退化症協會(Dementia Auckland)、奧克蘭老年關愛協會(Age Concern Auckland)、Gary Cheung 教授及其奧克蘭大學研究團隊，加上專家林育民醫生(Dr. Yu Min Lin)和劉加偉教授(Ray Law)。這個跨專業團隊的合作，可有效融合各人資深經驗及專業知識，一起實踐對奧克蘭患有腦退化症華人及其家人提供相關及確切的服務願景。

根據《2021年腦退化症經濟影響報告》(The Dementia Economic Impact Report 2021) 研究結果顯示，華人接受腦退化症服務的比例是所有族群中最少的，原因包括缺乏相關確切的資源、及缺乏相關意識及面子問題等文化因素。然而這是一個急切需求的問題，因為患有腦退化症的亞洲人數將會倍增，即從2020年的4800人增至2040年的17900人。

由於腦退化症是無法根治的，患者將會失去自我照顧能力，同時亦會讓其家人面臨極大的照顧壓力。本地的研究調查反映，患有腦退化症的華人及其家人皆希望能得到他們合適的文化及語言服務。

為給患有腦退化症的華人及其家人帶來更好的生活，將會優先考慮以下服務：

-提升華人社區對腦退化症的認識，包括推廣「腦健康」，以減低腦退化的風險

-為照顧者及家人提供照顧指導及支援

-為患有腦退化症的華人實施一套健康的生活計劃

這個華人服務團隊及本地華人社區亟需大家的共同努力，一起發展及捐助這專案。目前這專案因得不到新西蘭政府醫管局的資助，而只能依靠申請基金及在華人社區進行籌款。

我們團隊估計，如在奧克蘭推行這服務，資金成本將需要 750,000紐元

基於奧克蘭腦退化症協會及奧克蘭老年關愛協會都沒有內部經費，也未獲得政府的資助為華人社區提供具有文化特色的服務。而上述兩協會一直都只依靠慈善捐助及基金開發新服務，因此我們亟需開展一項大型籌款活動。

如閣下有意進一步了解這華人服務專案，歡迎發送電子郵件至chineseservices@dementiaauckland.org.nz

資金使用：

50,000紐元資金將會用于：

-提供合適文字的刊物予奧克蘭的華人社區

-在奧克蘭創立首個針對支援華人腦退化患者的家庭指導及支援服務

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