The e-DiVA Program: Improving care for people with dementia using an iSupport Virtual Assistant The Neuroscience Conference on Cognition and Holistic Health for the Elderly, 6-8 th Dec 2024 Nha Trang, Vietnam Tuan Anh Nguyen Associate Research Professor and Principal Research Fellow National Ageing Research Institute Swinburne University of Technology University of South Australia
[email protected] ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This project is funded by NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program grant (APP2001548). I was supported by - an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship (grant identification number APP1103860), - an NHMRC-NAFOSTED international collaborative research grant (APP1154644) I am currently supported by - an NHMRC-eASIA grant (APP2001548) - an NIH R01AG064688 grant 8/12/2024 2
INTRODUCTION 3 Why support for carers? ➢ Most people with dementia are cared for by unpaid family carers1 ➢Carers: Lack knowledge and skills → suboptimal care, unmet care needs and negative health outcomes2 ➢40% carers have clinically significant depression or anxiety3 1 Prince M, et al 2015; 2 Bressan V, et al 2020; 3 Mahoney R, et al 2005 8/12/2024
INTRODUCTION 8/12/2024 4 Why support for carers? ➢Vs general population and carers of people with other chronic diseases, dementia carers have worse mental and physical health, more absences from work, and lower quality of life4 ➢Carer burden, distress predict care recipient’s hospitalization and institutionalization5 4Ory MG, et al 1999; 5Coehlo DP, et al 2007
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