The organisation of risk: how do dementia care providers adapt to regulation?

Authors
Ashley Carr and Simon Biggs
Published
2018

The first of two projects designed to support improved care for older people with dementia and their carers.

This project was funded through the NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre and led by Professor Simon Biggs of the University of Melbourne and BSL’s Research and Policy Centre.

Read more about these two research projects related to dementia and care.

The first study, commenced in 2014, concerns the role of regulation in dementia care. In partnership with NHMRC, HammondCare, the Brightwater Care Group, Helping Hand Aged Care (SA) and Alzheimer’s Australia, researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Brotherhood of St. Laurence investigated how regulation affects the dementia care practices of several service providers, by consulting management, care workers, people with dementia and carers.

Related journal article

Simon Biggs and Ashley Carr 2018, ‘Balancing compliance and care in dementia practice’, in Australian Journal of Dementia Care, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 26–30.


Last updated on 28 February 2020

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