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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The publications in this research library may contain references to sensitive issues and cause distress. If you or someone you are with is in immediate danger, please call 000. If you feel upset or are in distress, you can contact Lifeline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phoning 13 11 14 or texting 0477 13 11 14. For other information on support for carers please visit our support for carers page.
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10.8.2020
Post-traumatic growth: Health professionals as mothers of adult children with schizophrenia
Debra Klages, Leah East, Kim Usher, Debra Jackson
This paper describes how mothers as carers of adult children with schizophrenia experienced a complex traumatic process influenced by gender and the dominant ruling relations in healthcare. health professionals can play a central role in supporting mothers/carers in the care of their adult children with schizophrenia.
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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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1.7.2024
Evaluation of the National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians
Jade McEwen, Rachel Carson, Rae Kaspiew, John De Maio, Briony Horsfall, Bianca Brijnath, Peter Feldman, Rachel Muoio ,
Evaluation of Australia’s first National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians (Elder Abuse)
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2.10.2024
A scoping review of barriers to accessing aged care services for older adults from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia
Anthony Obinna Iwuagwu, Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Elizabeth Fernandez
The ageing population of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) individuals in Australia is growing due to the ageing of early migrants and increased family reunification. This scoping review examined research on barriers to aged care services for CALD older adults using the Access to Care Framework’s five dimensions: availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability.
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28.5.2024
Patient Caregiver Perspectives on Accessing Language Interpretation in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Emily A. Hartford, Nicholas Dimenstein, Barry Dwight , K. Casey Lion
This article highlights the challenges faced by patients and caregivers who speak a language other than English (LOE) in pediatric emergency departments (ED).