An efficacy study of a cognitive-communicative intervention to improve transition to residential care in dementia [ 2008 - 2012 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Helen Chenery (Principal investigator) ,  Dr Anthony Angwin ,  E/Pr Cindy Gallois ,  Prof Desley Hegney ,  Prof Gerard Byrne
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Brief description The transition from home to a residential aged care facility (RACF) is a potentially traumatic process that has a negative impact on the health and well-being of both people with dementia and their caregivers. This project will develop an intervention program for people with dementia that maximizes their ability to learn and retain functional skills and that enhances the communicative competence of both people with dementia and their carergivers. This will serve to minimize the stress and disorientation, as well as accompanying increased risk of illness, of entering residential care. We will investigate whether this intervention program has good outcomes both for the people with dementia as well as their caregivers. The research will develop guidelines for the development of best-practice policies for service providers and the government, which will assist both health workers and homebased caregivers to better manage the transition of people with dementia from home to the RACF environment.

Funding Amount $AUD 681,083.38

Funding Scheme NHMRC Strategic Awards

Notes Dementia Research Grants Program