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Aboriginal community-controlled art centres: keeping elders strong and connected. Articulating an ontologically situated, intergenerational model of care.

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dc.contributor.authorMackell P.
dc.contributor.authorSquires K.
dc.contributor.authorCecil J.
dc.contributor.authorLindeman M.
dc.contributor.authorFraser S.
dc.contributor.authorMalay R.
dc.contributor.authorMeredith M.
dc.contributor.authorYoung M.
dc.contributor.authorNargoodah L.
dc.contributor.authorCook B.
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt C.
dc.contributor.authorDow B.
dc.contributor.authorBatchelor F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-19T05:29:41Z
dc.date.available2024-11-19T05:29:41Z
dc.date.copyright2023
dc.description.abstractObjective: 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)
dc.identifier.citationAustralasian Journal on Ageing. Vol.42(2), 2023, pp. 293-301.
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13178
dc.identifier.institution(Mackell) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Squires) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Cecil) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Lindeman) Charles Darwin University, Faculty of Health, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Fraser) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Malay) University of Western Australia, Medical School, Broome, WA, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Meredith) Poche Centre for Indigenous Health SA + NT, Flinders University, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Young) Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Nargoodah) Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Cook) Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Schmidt) Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, NT, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Dow) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Batchelor) National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
dc.identifier.pubmedid37032560
dc.identifier.urihttps://lowitja.intersearch.com.au/handle/1/479
dc.relation.ispartofAustralasian Journal on Ageing
dc.subject.keywordsArts therapy
dc.titleAboriginal community-controlled art centres: keeping elders strong and connected. Articulating an ontologically situated, intergenerational model of care.
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.studyortrialQualitative study

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