Stolen Generation survivor Geoff Cooper has high hopes new resources for GPs, dentists and aged care workers will create greater awareness about the best ways to provide services without triggering trauma.
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"Little changes can make a big difference to how we feel when we walk in to a service," Mr Cooper said.
"Things like not making us talk about bad stuff that's happened to us if we don't want to, and explaining what you're going to do before you do it so we aren't caught off guard."
There are over 17,000 Stolen Generations survivors in Australia today.
All will be aged over 50 and eligible for aged care by 2023.
The resources are part of The Healing Foundation's Action Plan for Healing project, which follows the 20th anniversary of the 1997 Bringing them Home report - highlighting the contemporary needs of the Stolen Generation.
Interacting with aged care staff, GPs, dentists and other services is often difficult for Stolen Generations survivors, The Healing Foundation's professor Steve Larkin said.
"Many Stolen Generations survivors experienced childhood trauma as a result of their forced removal from family, community, culture and language, and sometimes also as a result of abuse and racism experienced after their removal," professor Larkin said.
"Every day events can trigger the original trauma, particularly if a situation brings back the lack of control Stolen Generations survivors experienced when they were taken from their families.
"The development of the fact sheets has been guided by Stolen Generations survivors: they identified the key issues encountered when dealing with GPs, dentists and aged care providers, what is helpful and what should be avoided."
The resources were launched by the Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt at Parliament House today.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' chair of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, associate professor Peter O'Mara, congratulated The Healing Foundation on the launch of this vital resource for general practitioners.
"This new resource provides essential context and useful tools to assist GPs to identify and understand the impacts of trauma for their patients," associate professor O'Mara said.
"These are principles of good clinical practice, which is beneficial for all patients."
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