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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14.5.2020
Navigating the marketisation of community aged care services in rural Australia
Suzanne Hodgkin, Pauline Savy, Samantha Clune, Anne-Marie Mahoney
This article examines the advantages and challenges of the Consumer Directed Care programme, in which approved organisations bid for government subsidies and compete to provide community-living aged care services accessed via My Aged Care.
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6.5.2021
Entering into a system of care
Rachel Quigley, Michele Foster, Desley Harvey, Carolyn Ehrlich
As Australia’s population ages, the need for informal care to assist older adults to remain living at home increases and now plays a crucial role in healthy ageing. However, existing systematic burdens create disparities in support received for carers and care recipients.
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29.4.2023
Navigating community-based aged care services from the consumer perspective
Yuchen Xie, Myra Hamilton, Carmelle Peisah , Kaarin J Anstey , Craig Sinclair , UNSW Ageing Futures Institute; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales; Neuroscience Research Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales; Specialty of Psychiatry, University of Sydney.
This study investigated the experiences of older adults taking a more active role in navigating the aged care system.
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1.6.2021
Carers of older Australians
Jeromey Temple, Briony Dow, Leona Kosowicz
This study finds that among carers of older Australians, a relatively high proportion (39%) cite unmet needs in their carer role, including a need for financial support, physical assistance, emotional support, improvement in carer health and more respite care.
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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.