Walgett’s Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG) has inadvertently become a test case for ‘place-based’ care for Indigenous people who want to stay on Country. Now, the small but mighty organisation has collaborated in a study with the goal to create more culturally safe care.
DEG was born out of a project by the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service in 2005, but the group has found they can provide a level of care that larger NGOs can’t replicate, filling the gaps that other community aged care services haven’t been able to…