Na’e kamata he uike ‘uluaki ‘o e māhina ni ‘a e fakatotolo ki he fokoutua dementia / māngalo ko e fekumi ke ‘ilo e tokolahi ‘o e kakai ‘oku nau mo’ua ai ‘i he ngaahi matakali lalahi ‘e 4 ‘i Nu’usila ni. ‘Oku kau ‘i he ngaahi matakali ko ení ‘a e kau Pākeha, Siaina, ‘Initia mo e ‘Initia Fisi.
Ko e fakatotolo lahi taha eni kuo fakahoko ‘i Nu’usila ni fekau’aki mo e fokoutua dementia / māngalo ‘a ia ‘oku fe’unga mo e kau savea ‘e toko 50 tenau a’utonu ‘o tukituki he matapā ‘o e ngaahi ‘api nofo’anga ‘e lauiafe ‘i Auckland mo Christchurch ‘o fekumi ke ‘ilo e tokolahi ‘a kinautolu ‘oku mo’ua ‘i he dementia / māngalo.
Ko e taumu’á ke a’u ‘a e fekumí ki he kau toulekeleka ‘e 2100 mo honau ngaahi fāmilí ‘o faka’eke’eke kinautolu ‘i he ‘enau lea fakafonua ke ma’u mei ai e fakafuofua ‘o e tokolahi ‘oku nau dementia / māngalo ‘i he ngaahi matakali ‘e 4 ‘oku hā atu ‘i ‘olunga.
‘E ‘omai leva e fika ‘e ma’u mei aí ‘o fakatauhoa mo e fika lolotongá pe ‘oku na hōhoatatau pe ‘ikai, pea mo tefito mei ai ‘a e tokoni ‘e fiema’u ke fakahoko ki he ngaahi matakalí ke tokanga’i ‘aki ‘enau kau toulekeleka ‘oku mo’ua ‘i he fokoutua dementia / māngalo. ‘Oku fenāpasi lelei e fakatotolo ni mo e ngaahi fekumi ‘oku lolotonga fakahoko ‘i he kāinga Māori mo e Pasifiki.
Ko e fakatotolo ni ‘oku fakapa’anga ia ‘e he kosilio Health Research Council kae tataki ‘e he palofesa mei he ‘Univesiti ‘Okalani ko Professor Ngaire Kerse. ‘Oku ui ‘a e fekumi ko ení ko e Impact of Dementia mate wareware and Equity in Aotearoa (IDEA), pea ko e $5 miliona ‘oku fakapa’anga ‘akí.
Fakatatau ki he fakamatala ‘a palofesa Kerse ‘oku kei tōmui ‘aupito ‘a Nu’usila ni mei he ngaahi fonua lahi ‘o māmani ‘i he ta’e’ilo ki he tokolahi mo e ngaahi nunu’a ‘oku fakatupu ‘e he fokoutua dementia / māngalo tautautefito ki he faka’au ke mo’ui fuoloa ange kakaí mo tuifio ‘a e nofo fakamatakali. Pea ‘i he ‘ene peheé ‘oku mahu’inga ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala ‘e tānaki mei he fakatotolo ko ení ki he kau toketā, kaepehē ki he sekitoa ngāue ki he mo’uí pea mo e pule’angá ke ma’u mei ai e fakafuofua ‘o e tokoni ke fakahoko ki he kakai ‘o e fonuá.
“Ko ‘emau faka’amú ke ‘ilo e tokolahi ‘o e kakai ‘oku mo’ua he dementia / māngalo mo e uesia ‘oku hoko kia kinautolu mo honau ngaahi fāmili. He ‘ikai ke tau lava ‘o fokotu’utu’u ha ngaahi tokoni ma’a kinautolu kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ke tau ‘ilo pe ko e hā honau tokolahi. Pea he ‘ikai ke tau lava ‘o fa’u ha ngaahi sevesi ‘oku fenāpasi fakatupu’anga kae ‘oua leva kuo tau ‘ilo e tokolahi ‘a kinautolu ‘oku mo’ua ai ‘i he matakali takitaha”, ko e lau ia ‘a Palofesa Kerse.
‘Oku ‘ikai ma’u pau ha fika ki he tokolahi ‘o e kakai ‘oku mo’ua ‘i he dementia / māngalo ‘i Nu’usila ni, ka ‘oku fakafuofua ‘a palofesa Sarah Cullum, ko e mataotao fakatotolo ki he dementia / māngalo ‘i he kakai Pākeha, ‘oku ofi he toko 70,000 pea ko e fika ko ení ‘e liunga tolu ia ‘i he a’u ki he 2050.
Fakatatau ki he fakamatala ‘a Cullum ‘oku fakafuofua ki he toko 50 miliona ‘i māmani ‘oku nau mo’ua ‘i he dementia / māngalo pea ko e fika ko iá ‘e malava pe ke a’u ki he 150 milioná ‘i he 2050.
‘I he 2020 ne fakafuofua ki he $2.5 piliona e fakamole ki hono tokangaekina ‘aki ‘o e fokoutua dementia / māngalo ‘i Nu’usila ni, fakatatau ia ki he lipooti ‘a e Dementia Economic Impact Report, pea ‘i he tu’u ki he kaha’ú ‘e kaka e fakamolé ‘o $5.9 piliona ‘i he 2050.
‘Oku mahino mei he lipooti ko ení ko e kau toulekeleka tupu’i ‘Esiá ‘oku hāhāmolofia ke ‘ave kinautolu ki ha feitu’u ma’u’anga tokoni dementia / māngalo, makatu’unga pe ‘i he tō’onga faka’aluma ‘oku felāve’itonu mo e fokotua ni.
‘I he lau ‘a palofesa Kerse ‘oku ‘i ai e ngaahi fakamo’oni fakamāmani lahi ‘oku a’u ki he peseti ‘e 60% ‘a e kakai dementia / māngalo ‘oku te’eki fakapapau’i fakatoketā ‘oku nau mo’ua ai, pea ‘oku taaimu’a ai e kakai tupu’i Siaina nofo Nu’usila ni, koe’uhí ko ‘enau tokolahi mo mo’ui fuoloa angé.
‘I he 2013 ne fakafuofua ki he peseti ‘e 10% e tokolahi fakakātoa ‘o Nu’usila ni ko e kau Siaina ta’u 65 ki ‘olunga, pea ‘oku ‘i ai e sio ‘e toe hiki hake honau tokolahí ‘o peseti ‘e 17% ‘i he 2038. Ko e kau ‘Initiá ne peseti ‘e 5% honau tokolahí ‘i he to’u tatau, pea ‘e ngali tupu mo kinautolu ‘o peseti ‘e 12% ‘i he 2038.
“Ko e kau toulekeleka ‘Esiá ‘oku hāhāmolofia ke fai ha ngāue ki he tūkunga ‘oku ‘i ai ‘enau manatu. ‘Oku faingata’a ki he ngaahi fāmili tupu’i ‘Esiá kenau kumi tokoni ki he ngaahi sēvesi mo’ui mo sōsiale ‘i Nu’usila ni tupu pe mei he palopalema ‘a e fetu’utaki lea, pea ‘ikai ngata aí ka ‘oku ‘ikai ha sēvesi ia ‘e fenāpasi fakatupu’anga ‘e ‘atā ma’a kinautolu.
“‘Oku ‘i ai e tō’onga faka’aluma ‘oku nau mo’ua ai ‘o tupunga mei ai ‘enau ta’efiengāue’aki e ngaahi sēvesi ‘oku ‘atā ki he dementia / māngalo fakalūkufua.
“‘Oku ‘osi mahino ki he Potungāue Mo’uí ‘a e mahu’inga ‘a e tokoni ‘oku fenāpasi fakatupu’anga mo e dementia / māngalo ki he kāinga Māori, ‘Esia mo e Pasfikí mo honau ngaahi fāmili. Ka ‘oku si’isi’i ‘enau ‘ilo fekau’aki mo e dementia / māngalo ‘i he nofo fakamatakalí mo e founga lelei taha ke fakahoko’aki ha tokoni ‘oku fenāpasi fakatupu’anga mo ‘enau fiema’u”, ko e lau ia ‘a palofesa Kerse.
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