RESEARCH
Indigenous cognitive assessment: regional and urban KICA
The regional and urban KICA is an instrument to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings.
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Project information
TOPIC
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Dementia
The regional and urban KICA is an instrument to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings.
Efforts to address dementia in Aboriginal communities have been hampered by a lack of culturally appropriate cognitive assessment tools. The Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool (KICA) was developed to address this problem. It is used to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people living in rural and remote settings.
The KICA was modified for use with Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings. The assessment tool and accompanying pictures are available to download.