Nyngan carers and interested community members are invited to come along to a free community forum to find out how Verily Connect can help Australians caring for a person living with dementia or memory loss.
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Verily Connect is a place for carers to connect online and support each other in a virtual dementia friendly community.
Nyngan was one of only two communities in NSW chosen to trial the online technology.
La Trobe University Research Fellow, Dr Clare Wilding said the forum will provide an opportunity to share key findings from the trial, which was progressively implemented in 12 communities across Victoria, NSW and South Australia in 2018-19.
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Overall 113 people were involved including 37 carers and 39 volunteers. Nearly half of these were carers who lived in the same house as the person they were caring for. A significant percentage were carers of parents or spouses.
"We highly value the feedback given by carers, which has helped us make sure that the technology is useful and easy to use," Dr Wilding said.
"We want to share findings from the trial with the communities involved and continue the discussion about how to better support carers and make caring feel less isolating."
The forum will be at the Nyngan Health Service on Tuesday, September 24 from 10am until 11am.
