TY - JOUR AU - Goeman, Dianne AU - Renehan, Emma AU - Koch, Susan PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/19 TI - What is the effectiveness of the support worker role for people with dementia and their carers? A systematic review JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 285 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Dementia is progressive in nature and the associated functional decline inevitably leads to increasing dependence on others in areas of daily living. Models of support have been developed and implemented to assist with adjusting to living with memory loss and functional decline; to navigate the health and aged care system; and to access services. We undertook a systematic review of international literature on key worker type support roles to identify essential components and ascertain how the role can be best utilised to assist community-dwelling people with dementia and their carers. This review of support roles is the first to our knowledge to include both quantitative and qualitative studies and all models of support. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1531-2 DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1531-2 ID - Goeman2016 ER -