Impaired Decision-Making Capacity and Indigenous Queenslanders: Final Report for the Office of the Public Advocate, Queensland

Abstract

A research project, funded by the Office of the Public Advocate (OPA), was undertaken in 2009-2011, to address a range of research questions relating to Indigenous Queenslanders and impaired decision-making capacity (impaired capacity). Partnerships were established between the OPA, Griffith University (GU), Central Queensland University (CQU) and James Cook University (JCU) to extend previous scoping work that identified that although that there is considerable research in relation to disability, cognitive impairment and mental illness amongst Indigenous Australians, there is little specific research into implications for impaired capacity among this population.