Culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with dementia in Trouwerner/Lutruwita (Tasmania): protocol for a scoping review

Introduction This paper describes an a priori protocol for a scoping review to investigate how culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with dementia is addressed in policy and practice in Trouwerner/Lutruwita (Tasmania). Tasmania is consistently behind national figures in key health risk factors. There is a particular data gap regarding the health of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the state, including culturally safe care for those with dementia. Methods and analysis The established Population, Concept, Context methodology will be aligned with culturally appropriate Indigenous methodology that reflects guidance by cultural experts in all stages of the review. An initial search of the CINAHL and Sociological Abstracts databases was undertaken to pilot-test the following inclusion criteria: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with dementia (Population); culturally respectful and safe care (Concept) and national and Tasmanian healthcare policy (Context). This search identified a wide range of articles, including grey literature, published in English and available since inception of the database. PubMed and Scopus databases will also be searched. Data will be reported quantitatively and qualitatively. Ethics and dissemination The protocol is registered at the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/6ykvc) and has ethics approval from the University of Tasmania (H40524). Results will be disseminated in workshops, conferences, meetings with policy makers and in a peer-reviewed journal paper.