Person
Ashley Carr
Report
Dementia in the public domain: voice and age-based perspectives on dementia, social disadvantage and public health campaigning
This report is for people interested in the public perception of dementia and how campaigning can better reflect key perspectives on dementia as a social issue.
Report
The organisation of risk: how do dementia care providers adapt to regulation?
The relationship between regulation, care provision and risk has been an area of continuing policy debate. How dementia care providers handle regulation contributes to the quality of dementia care and the monitoring and enforcement of care standards.
Report
Misattention and problem solving in interactions between care workers and dementia care residents
The interaction of personal care workers with residents is the focus of this short report from research about regulation and dementia care.
Working paper
Meanings of a long life: cultural, social and historical perspectives
This paper is part of a series that attempts to re-position the perceptions and contributions of older people in contemporary Australian society. The world is undergoing a profound demographic shift, with almost every nation state experiencing population ageing on a scale that is unprecedented. This means that we have to search for new models by...
Report
Caring for carers: evaluation of a support program for carers of people with dementia
Caring for Carers (C4C) was initiated by the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 2009 as a pilot program to assist people caring for someone with dementia in the community. It provided carers with training and follow-up support, delivered by project workers experienced in community dementia care. Over three phases it developed into a personalised program...