PROJECT AIMS

The overall aim of this study is to reduce inequalities in accessing high-quality support services for carers of people with dementia (PWD) from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) groups. We will achieve this by scaling up an evidence-based “Culturally-tailored iSupport model of care” (CT-iSupport), a multicomponent intervention which includes a facilitator-enabled psychoeducation, peer support and coaching for carers in their preferred language and culture. The psychoeducation in the CT-iSupport is the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed iSupport program

Phase 1

Co-design Practical Strategies with stakeholders to scale up the CT-iSupport (aim 1).

Phase 2

Evaluate a training program for CT-iSupport providers (aim 2)

Phase 3

Evaluate the implementation strategies to scale up CT-iSupport (aim 3); evaluate the effectiveness of the CT-iSupport intervention (aim 4); and determine the costs and benefits of the CT-iSupport (aim 5).

Chief investigators

Meet our project team members

Prof Lily Xiao

Project leader, Flinders University

Professor Lily Xiao has teaching and research interests in the areas of caregiver support in dementia care, chronical disease management, cross-cultural dementia care, dementia education for health and social care professionals and family carers

Professor Gillian Harvey

Flinders University

Prof Harvey is Matthew Flinders Professor of Health Services and Implementation Research in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Deputy Director (Knowledge Translation) of the Caring Futures

Professor Stacey George

Flinders University

Professor George is the Professor of Healthy Ageing, Support and Care, Adelaide Primary Health Network, Flinders University.

Associate Professor Rachel Milte

Flinders University

Milte is Associate Professor in Health and Social Care Economics at the Caring Futures Institute Flinders University, recently awarded the ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship (IE240100131).

Associate Professor Shahid Ullah

Flinders University

Ullah is an Associate Professor in Biostatistics in the college of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, with 20+ years’ experience in theory and practice of biostatistics in health and medical research

Associate Professor Rita Chang

Western Sydney University

an Associate Professor at Western Sydney University, with extensive experience in aged and dementia care research and teaching including establishing sustainable partnerships with ethno-specific aged care organisations ...

Dr Michael Lawless

Flinders University

Lawless is an EMCR interdisciplinary health sciences researcher with a background in social psychology...

Dr Kham Tran

Flinders University

Project coordinator, with background in Social Policy and Social Work.

Dr Ying Yu

Adelaide University

Yu is an Early-Career Researcher, having recently completed her PhD entitled ‘Exploring a facilitator-enabled virtual iSupport for Dementia program’

Dr Rebecca Bilton

Flinders University

Bilton (PhD, B.Biotech (Hons) is the Director, Workforce Capability and Capacity, at Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) based at Flinders University.

Candy Xie

CASS Care

Candy Xie has made significant contributions to the aged care sector, particularly within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities

Anna Howard

MMACG

Anna Howard has been working in leadership roles in the Community Aged Care sector since 1996.

Mary Sophou

PRONIA

Mary Sophou has been working in leadership roles as Manager – Family and Community Services at PRONIA since 2017.

Kam Chiu

CWS

Chiu is a social worker and has been working at Chinese Welfare Services (CWS) for 30 years

Ada Cheng

ANHF

Cheng is a qualified social worker with a master’s in Community Management

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Acknowledgement:
The Australian Culturally Tailored iSupport programs is hosted by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Nectar Research Cloud. The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

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