Aboriginal community-controlled art centres: keeping elders strong and connected. Articulating an ontologically situated, intergenerational model of care.
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(Mackell) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Squires) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Cecil) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Lindeman) Charles Darwin University, Faculty of Health, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
(Fraser) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Malay) University of Western Australia, Medical School, Broome, WA, Australia
(Meredith) Poche Centre for Indigenous Health SA + NT, Flinders University, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
(Young) Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
(Nargoodah) Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia
(Cook) Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia
(Schmidt) Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, NT, Australia
(Dow) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Batchelor) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Squires) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Cecil) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Lindeman) Charles Darwin University, Faculty of Health, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
(Fraser) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Malay) University of Western Australia, Medical School, Broome, WA, Australia
(Meredith) Poche Centre for Indigenous Health SA + NT, Flinders University, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
(Young) Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
(Nargoodah) Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia
(Cook) Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia
(Schmidt) Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, NT, Australia
(Dow) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Batchelor) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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2023
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Australasian Journal on Ageing. Vol.42(2), 2023, pp. 293-301.
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Australasian Journal on Ageing
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Objective: To articulate how Aboriginal community-controlled art centres support the role of Elders and older people within an ontologically situated, intergenerational model of care. Methods: In this paper, we draw on stories (data) generated through interviews involving 75 people associated with three Aboriginal community-controlled art centres and field notes taken during a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study. The study was undertaken in collaboration with three community-controlled art centres and two aged care providers over almost 4 years, in diverse Indigenous sovereignties, all located in geographically remote Australian locations. Results: Engaging with decolonising and Indigenous theoretical frameworks, our analysis identified three interwoven meta-themes. These include connection to law and culture; purpose; and healing. Each theme had important subthemes, and all were central to upholding the well-being of older people and their families, as well as the art centre workforce, Country, and their broader communities. Conclusions: Our analysis articulates an ontologically situated model of care within Aboriginal community-controlled art centres. The model sees that older people receive care from art centres and provide care to each other, to younger generations, to art centre staff, to Country, and to their broader communities. In this model, those in receipt of care, many of whom are older people, art centre directors, and important artists, govern how care is conceptualised and delivered. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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37032560
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Qualitative study
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Arts therapy