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iSupport for South Asian families and supporters of people with dementia
What is iSupport?
If you support or look after a parent, relative, partner or friend living with dementia who would find it difficult to manage without you, then you might be described as ‘their carer’.
iSupport provides information and support for carers of people with dementia. It aims to help you learn about dementia and how to look after someone living with dementia. It also includes information about how to take care of yourself, so that you can continue to support the person you care for. The course is organised into five modules:
- Introduction to dementia
- Being a carer
- Self-care
- Providing everyday care
- Dealing with changes that might happen in people with dementia.
Each module is divided into individual lessons, which include information, descriptive examples, multiple choice questions, and activities to practise what you have learned. You may choose to read through the entire programme from beginning to end, or you can select the lessons that are most relevant to your everyday life.
iSupport for South Asian Carers (English) | iSupport ডিমেনশিয়ার জন্য (Bangla) |
iSupport ਡਿਮੈਂਸ਼ੀਆ ਲਈ (Punjabi) | iSupport برائے ڈیمینشیا (Urdu) |
Printable iSupport resources |
For more information
- How was iSupport adapted for South Asian carers?
The team at UCL worked in partnership with carers, professionals, and carer support organisations (Age UK Lancashire, The Carers Centre Tower Hamlets, Lancashire BME Network, and Touchstone Support) to run focus groups and piloting on the cultural adaptation of iSupport.
- Who can I contact for more information about iSupport?
The principal investigators of the iSupport for South Asian Dementia Carers project were Professor Aimee Spector and Professor Joshua Stott.
For more information about iSupport generally, visit the World Health Organization iSupport website here.
- Where can I find more information about dementia?
- For more information about dementia in languages other than English, visit the Alzheimer's Society website.
- You can phone Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Support Line on 0333 150 3456. To speak to an advisor in a language other than English, call the support line, state the language name, hang up, and wait. The advisor will then call you back with an interpreter.
- Alzheimer’s Society also has a directory of local support services (available in English only). You might find that there are groups and services specifically for South Asian carers, though the availability of these services will vary.
- How was this work funded and supported?
This project was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR, Award number 130914).
It was a workstream within the iSupport for Dementia Carers Study, led by Bangor University.