Description
Over 200,000 Australians provide informal assistance and caregiving to people with dementia, and two thirds of these individuals experience significant sleep disturbance. Poor sleep in dementia carers is associated with increased depressive symptoms and reduced quality of life. This project will test the feasibility and efficacy of a digital sleep intervention for people with dementia and their carer using a multimodal approach that combines brief training of caregivers in behavioural strategies to improve sleep in the person with dementia, in addition to cognitive and mindfulness-based strategies to improve sleep and mood in the caregiver.
Essential criteria:
Minimum entry requirements can be found here: https://www.monash.edu/admissions/entry-requirements/minimum
Keywords
sleep, digital intervention, cognition, clinical trial
School
School of Psychological Sciences
Available options
PhD/Doctorate
Masters by research
Masters by coursework
Time commitment
Full-time
Top-up scholarship funding available
No
Physical location
Notting Hill
Research webpage
Co-supervisors
Dr
Eleni Kavaloitis