ISupport for Young Carers: An Adaptation of an e-Health Intervention for Young Dementia Carers.

ABSTRACT: Young dementia carers need to be recognised and supported in their role. They need help to understand the illness, what changes are expected and how it can affect their family member. Many support services, partly due to the COVID pandemic, have moved online and have been shown to be acceptable as they are low cost and reduce access barriers. iSupport is an evidence-informed e-health training programme developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to support adult dementia carers. This paper reports on the co-design of an adapted version of iSupport for young carers. A theoretically driven co-design approach, drawing on the lived experiences of young dementia carers and experts who work with this target group was followed. As a result of this study iSupport for Young Carers was created.

SUBMITTER: Masterson-Algar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9819145 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature