“…Further, effective strategies need to be based upon each community's understanding of dementia and suggestions for culturally appropriate education about how to prevent and modify these risks, access culturally safe healthcare services, counter discrimination and stigma, and provide within-community care. 7,9,[18][19][20][21][22] Published studies, although few, document valuable descriptions of the behaviours and psychiatric symptoms associated with dementia by mainland and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous peoples. However, these studies also illustrate Indigenous peoples' limited understanding of how such behaviours and symptoms relate to dementia, the causes of dementia, and how dementia differs from depression, delirium and other neurological diseases.…”