Assessing cognitive impairment in Indigenous Australians: Re-evaluation of the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment in Western Australia and the Northern Territory

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-61

  Smith, Kate ^a   Flicker, Leon ^a,b   Dwyer, Anna ^a   Marsh, Gail ^c   Mahajani, Sadhana ^d   Almeida, Osvaldo ^a,e   Lautenschlager, Nicola ^a,e,f   Atkinson, David ^g   Logiudice, Dina ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Alzheimer's Australia (Northern Territory)   (Australia)

^d Aged Care Assessment Team   (Australia)

^e Western Australian Institute of Medical Research   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cognitive assessment; Cross cultural; Dementia

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649108029     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060802563463     Document Type: Article

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