Dementia rates among Torres Strait Islander people are much higher than among mainland Australians, but researchers are trialling a new program in the hopes of reducing the prevalence of the condition.
About 45 per cent of dementia cases among First Nations people are potentially preventable or modifiable, geriatrician and lead of the Healthy Ageing Research Team at James Cook University, Professor Eddy Strivens, said.
His team's previous research on the prevalence of dementia in the Torres Strait found rates were three to four times higher than non-Indigenous or mainland Australians.
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