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Choosing and managing aged care services from afar

What matters to Australian long-distance care givers

Published Date: 9.9.2021

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Theme: Service systems

Sub-theme: Aged care services

Ageing Aged care

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Theme: Service systems

Sub-theme: Aged care services

View Publication Ageing Aged care

Verification Statement

This publication / resource is hosted on a publicly available external link. If the full text is not publicly accessible, summary points are included and a contact method for the author(s) is provided, where available.

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Choosing and managing aged care services from afar

What matters to Australian long-distance care givers

Published Date: 9.9.2021

  • Author/ Authors

    Kate M. Gunn, Julie Luker, Rama Ramanathan, Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Amanda Hutchinson, Elisabeth Huynh, Ian Olver

  • Suggested citation (APA 7th edition)

    Gunn, K.M., Luker, J., Ramanathan, R., Skrabal, Ross X., Hutchinson, A., Huynh, E., & Olver, I. (2021). Choosing and managing aged care services from afar: What matters to Australian long-distance care givers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(24)

Long Summary

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. Long-distance caregivers face barriers in selecting and managing aged care services from afar within a complex Australian aged care system. They strongly value regular, proactive communication about the wellbeing of their relatives and may be particular beneficiaries of communication and assistive monitoring technologies.

Author's / Publisher's Contact Details:

kate.gunn@unisa.edu.au

    Key Messages for Carers


  • Long-distance caring can make organising aged care services even more complex.
  • Carers in this study highly valued regular, proactive communication about the wellbeing of the older person, and the opportunity to monitor care quality from afar through technologies such as Skype.

  • Key Messages for Policy Makers


  • Those caring for an older person at a distance can face additional challenges organising care services in an already complex system.
  • The main factors that influenced participating carers' decisions about care services for their older relative were: availability of care, financial arrangements, proximity/location and reputation of care provider.
  • The qualities of care valued by participating carers were: vigilant monitoring and responsivity, communication with family, flexibility and proactiveness of care, staffing and access to appropriate and holistic care to maintain wellbeing.

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