Developing Health Services
Robyn Jacobson, Makrina Tsinoglou, Dr Jenn Scott, and Kate-Ellen Elliott
Community Services Research "Carers' Care" Project
This project builds on findings of baseline data on the well-being and service usage of a small HACC sample population which demonstrated that carers of people with dementia (PWD) have high levels of stress and are caring for a very cognitively impaired group. In addition there was evidence that carers welcomed information and support which they were not accessing in a consistent way. This exciting research project involves a pilot randomised control trial of a new model of carer self help - Carers' Care - involving a DVD and a guidebook.
Research Team
- Dr Jenn Scott, School of Psychology, UTAS (Group Leader & Contact Person)
- Professor Andrew Robinson, WDREC Co-Director (Group Leader)
- Dr Christine Stirling, WDREC Senior Research Fellow Dr Kristy Sanderson, MRIT Co-investigator
- Professor Jenny Abbey, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queensland University of Technology
- Kate-Ellen Elliott, WDREC PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
- Makrina Tsinoglou, WDREC Research Assistant
External Collaborators
Dr Toby Croft, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania
Dr Joanna Bakas, Roy Fagen Centre