Memory clinic survey in New Zealand: a second look.

Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Epub Date: 2019-06-06 DOI:10.1177/1039856219852299

Constance Stone, Bronwyn Copeland, Cheryl Collier, Gary Cheung

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the changes in publicly funded memory clinics in New Zealand's since the last survey in 2008.

Method: We conducted an online survey of the 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) and gathered information on the recently discontinued or established memory clinics.

Results: We found dedicated memory clinics in the seven DHBs that have the largest older persons populations in New Zealand. Those DHBs that had discontinued their memory clinics did so because they opted for a more integrated approach using their primary care based dementia care pathway. Increased waiting times, low staffing ratios, variance in cognitive screening tests and patient demographics were reported.

Conclusions: There is significant variability in the structure of memory clinics in New Zealand. These clinics could benefit from collaboration and bench-marking of their services.

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新西兰记忆诊所调查:重新审视。

目的:了解新西兰公立记忆诊所自2008年以来的变化。方法:我们对20个地区卫生局(dhb)进行了在线调查，并收集了最近停止或建立的记忆诊所的信息。结果:我们在新西兰老年人人口最多的七个dhb中发现了专门的记忆诊所。那些停止记忆诊所的dhb之所以这样做，是因为他们选择了一种更综合的方法，使用基于初级保健的痴呆症护理途径。据报道，等待时间增加，人员配备比例低，认知筛查测试和患者人口统计数据存在差异。结论:新西兰记忆诊所的结构存在显著差异。这些诊所可以从合作和服务基准中受益。

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