An investigation into aged care staff and family carevigers' communication about and partcipiation in care provision for people living with moderate and severe dementia in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs)

This study will investigate issues associated with Registered Nurses (RNs), Enrolled Nurses (ENs), Extended Care Assistants (ECAs) and relatives' communication about and participation in care provision for people living with moderate and severe dementia in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The project will use a two stage mixed method approach. The first stage will involve surveying RACF staff and family carers about their knowledge of and attitudes towards dementia. The second stage will include the conduct of interviews with various staff and family carers to investigate their experiences of care provision for people with dementia in the facility. The study results will provide a baseline which will inform a subsequent intervention study aimed at improving RACF staff-family collaboration in dementia-related care processes.

Group Leader

Associate Professor Fran McInerney, ACU

Contact Person

Susan Leggett, Research Assistant

Research Team

Professor Andrew Robinson, WDREC Co-Director

Sharon Andrews, WDREC Research Fellow

Susan Leggett, WDREC Research Assistant

External Collaborators

Associate Professor Chris Toye, Curtin University

Anneke Burlinson, Curtin University