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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3.9.2012
Some things change, some things stay the same
Afaf Girgis, Sylvie Lambert, Patrick McElduff, Billie Bonevski, Christophe Lecathelinais, Allison Boyes, Fiona Stacey
This publication provides longitudinal insight into the needs of cancer carergivers, finding that although many carers needs decreased over time, up to a third of carers surveyed still had unmet needs after 24 months.
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1.12.2021
‘Sometimes they’re gammin, playing tricks, but sometimes it’s ears.’
Samantha F Harkus, Kylie AJ Caso, Sharron T Hall, Carmen Kung, Toni N Manton, Sarah J Murthy, Giselle AL Olive, Trumaine M Rankmore, Nikkita L Roberts, Meagan L Ward, Kelvin M Kong
This paper uses data from the Urban Hearing Pathways study to investigate avoidable hearing loss in young, urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
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23.12.2019
Importance of land, family and culture for a good life
Angela Dew, Rebecca Barton, John Gilroy, Lee Ryall, Michelle Lincoln, Heather Jensen, Vicki Flood, Kerry Taylor, Kim McCrae
This paper highlights the importance of Land, family, culture and working and sharing together, to enable Aboriginal people with a disability to live a good life.
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1.1.2022
Coproducing knowledge of the implementation of complex digital health interventions for adults with acquired brain injury and their communication partners
Melissa Miao, Emma Power, Rachael Rietdijk, Deborah Debono, Melissa Brunner, Alexander Salomon, Ben Mcculloch, Meg Rebecca Wright, Monica Welsh, Bastian Tremblay, Caleb Rixon, Liz Williams, Rosemary Morrow, Jean-Christophe Evain, Leanne Togher
This preliminary study provides a report on the outcome of research undertaken for the Social Brain Toolkit, a novel suite of web-based communication interventions for people with brain injury and their communication partners.
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14.9.2020
Family involvement to support cardiovascular self-management care for people with severe mental illness
Sara Zabeen, Delphine Phua, Leila Mohammadi, Sharon Lawn
This research explores what caregiving strategies work and don’t work when family members support cardiovascular self-management in people living with severe mental illness.