Research Library
The Carer Knowledge Exchange Research Library is a collection of recent Australian publications and other resources that contain reliable research about family and friend carers. It is constantly being added to, and you can suggest research to be included here.
There are two main ways to use the Research Library. The first is to search using the fields below. The second is to browse by category lower down the page.
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9.9.2021
Choosing and managing aged care services from afar
Kate M. Gunn, Julie Luker, Rama Ramanathan, Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Amanda Hutchinson, Elisabeth Huynh, Ian Olver
This research aims to identify the factors that influence caregivers' decisions about the aged care providers they select for their elder relatives when caring from a distance and what they value once they have engaged a service.
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18.12.2023
Stakeholder perspectives on short-stay joint replacement programs
Ilana Ackerman, Danielle Berkovic, Sze-Ee Soh, Justine Naylor, Peter Lewis, Richard de Steiger, Rachelle Buchbinder, Zanfina Ademi, Patrick Vallance, Ian Harris
This study aimed to investigate the perspectives of stakeholder groups, including carers of people who had had a recent hip or knee replacement, on short-stay joint replacement programs.
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7.11.2023
‘Everything would have gone a lot better if someone had listened to me’
Laura Hayes, Heather McIntyre, Mark Loughhead, Caroline Allen, Dean Barton-Smith, Brooke Bickley, Louis Vega, Jewels Smith, Ursula Wharton, Nicholas Procter
This study looks at Australians with a psychosocial disability (PSD) and a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and their carers, and their access to emergency care due to their fluctuating conditions or when support has become insufficient.
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1.9.2024
Integrating community and family aged care
Shuang Liu, Nancy A. Pachana, Kumchong Lee, Mary Ann Geronimo, Sunil Bhar
Based on the findings from 100 interviews with carer, we make six recommendations for service providers and policymakers in the aged care sector to consider implementing in practice and policymaking to support family carers of older CALD people and older CALD community in Australia.
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3.12.2024
Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for supporting shared decision-making with people with intellectual disability:
Kathryn Teale, Abigail Lewis, Rachel Skoss
The study explores how primary healthcare professionals in Western Australia support shared decision-making with adults who have intellectual disabilities.