Project status | Ongoing |
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Contact | Yun-Hee Jeon |
Institution web page | https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/yun-hee-jeon.html |
Host institution | The University of Sydney |
Team members | Yun-Hee Jeon, Mirim Shin, Donna Waters, Elizabeth Beattie, Henry Brodaty, Tony Hobbs, Kaele Stokes, Jason Burton, Sue Kurrle, Fran McInery, Jane Thompson, and Kimberley Bassett. |
Funding information (if funded) | None |
Project Summary | The aims of this study are, from the perspectives of those with the lived experience, to examine the impact of COVID-19 METHODS Participants: People living with dementia and carer partners (families/friends who have primary care responsibility) in Australia Recruitment: Volunteers from StepUp for Dementia Research and StepUp Champion Organisations (aged care providers and dementia peak bodies). Data collection: Online and Telephone survey using REDCap (Time 1 in June-July 2020 & Time 2 in mid 2021, and qualitative interview (in August-September 2020). |
Outputs / Expected Outputs | The study is ongoing (Time 2 survey to be conducted April-May 2021) Initial findings have been reported in the Dementia Australia discussion paper: One day the support was gone: The mental health impact of COVID-19 on people living with dementia, their families and carers. https://www.dementia.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/PFOD-Discussion-Paper-Nov-2020-ver1.pdf |
Project website | https://www.stepupfordementiaresearch.org.au/category/in-the-news/ |
KEYWORDS / CATEGORIES | |
Countries | Australia |
Care setting | Care homes/LTC facilities | Community-based care/care at home |
Funding type | No funding |
Impact/outcomes | Care coordination/access | Cost and other financial impacts | Mental health | Physical health | Quality of care | Social interaction | Wellbeing and quality of life |
Intervention types | Other |
Methods | Qualitative studies | Surveys |
Groups/organisations | Care partners of people living in LTCF | People living in care homes | People using care in the community | People with dementia | Unpaid carers |