Culturally Tailored Dementia Caregiver Case Studies for the iSupport Program

20 extended case studies with 56 related cases were developed for the WHO iSupport dementia care program. The resource includes accompanying videos and was co-designed with stakeholders for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia. The case studies highlight caregiver challenges at diagnosis, during daily care, and through transitions.

Use Cases

• Training dementia care facilitators based on culturally tailored case studies.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of multi-component caregiver interventions based on the CT-iSupport model.
• Developing implementation strategies for digital health programs in multicultural contexts based on stakeholder consultations.
• Analyzing common challenges faced by dementia caregivers at different stages of the care journey based on the described case study themes.

Strengths

• Includes 20 extended case studies with 56 related cases.
• Multimodal resource combining text-based case studies with accompanying videos.
• Co-designed with stakeholders from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and cultural bias inherent to its Australian CALD community focus.

Provenance

Source

Lily Xiao via figshare.

Collection Method

Evidence was gathered from in-depth document reviews of real cases, stakeholder-submitted cases, and stakeholder consultations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 14:24:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Designed for the socio-cultural context of Australia's Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities.