Mate Wareware

Maori Values/definitions

100

What does "pōrangi" mean

Mad. 

200

What does "rorirori" mean 

Crazy 

300

What does "rangirua" mean 

Confused

400

What does "maharatanga" mean

Remember 

500

What does "wakapakeketanga" mean 

Adulthood

Study design/details

100

Where were the whānau in the study from?

Waikato 

200

What were the two languages offered in the interviews 

English and Māori. 

300

What type of design was it?

Qualitative design 

400

How many focus groups were there?

17

500

Competition: How many locations can you remember that participants were based over Aotearoa? First say how many you think you can name, and then you have 30 seconds to remember them 

Kaitaia, Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Whakatane, Wellington and Christchurch

Key concepts of the article

100

What is mate ware ware?

Dementia 

200

True or false: mate ware ware only affects the individual, not the whānau

False - mate wareware affects the whole whānau, hapū and community

300

What is wareware

To forget... or to be forgotten

400

What is a possible reason that Māori can have a younger diagnoses of mate wareware

High prevalence of health conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and a history of traumatic brain injuries, which are risk factors for the onset of dementia.

500

What are the 3/5 key sub categories which help to explain mate ware ware from whānau perspective 

• Ngā Pūtake (causes) – related to the loss/change in socially orientated activities in a person’s life. Additionally, the broader context was considered including the intergenerational effects of colonisation including the loss of rongoā (maori medicine) and the introduction of pākeha medicines and the changes in cultural practices and lack of access to traditional foods.
• Ngā Rongoā (protective factors) – engagement in cultural activities and listening to te reo māori promoted wellbeing and supported the ability to be socially active. There was even a report where someone’s father could hold a conversation in te reo for an hour, but when the conversation switched to english “that was it”. Te reo was consistently highlighted as a vital healing and comforting factor
• Aroha and Manaakitanga (compassion and caring) – driven by inherent collective obligation to care for others, enabling their acceptance and tolerance bought about by illness and disease, absorbing the changes that ovvur and ensuring they are fully included in daily activities “It pains me when I see so many elders told by tauiwi (non-Māori) that there is something wrong with them."
• Kaitiakitanga (caregiving) – it’s a critical role in te oranga wairua of the whānau
• Ngā Ratonga (dementia services) – need for more information about available services and how to access them, as well as education provided for them to help understand mate wareware and the growing needs of their kaumatua. Concerns about cultural competence of service providers and monocultural way of many residential care services when they did access services.