Publications

COPE Australia

Clemson, L. M., Laver, K., Rahja, M., Culph, J., Scanlan, J., Day, S., … & Kurrle, S. (2020). Implementing a reablement intervention,‘Care of People with dementia in their Environments (COPE)’: A hybrid implementation-effectiveness study. The Gerontologist.

Rahja, M., Nguyen, K. H., Laver, K., Clemson, L., Crotty, M., & Comans, T. (2020). Implementing an evidence‐based dementia care program in the Australian health context: A cost–benefit analysis. Health & Social Care in the Community.

Rahja, M., Culph, J., Clemson, L., Day, S., & Laver, K. A second chance: Experiences and outcomes of people with dementia and their families participating in a dementia reablement program. Brain Impairment, 1-12.

Culph, J., Clemson, L., Scanlan, J., Craven, L., Jeon, Y. H., & Laver, K. Exploring relationships between health professionals through the implementation of a reablement program for people with dementia: A mixed methods study. Brain Impairment, 1-13.

Clemson, L., Laver, K., Jeon, Y. H., Comans, T. A., Scanlan, J., Rahja, M., … & Crotty, M. (2018). Implementation of an evidence-based intervention to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia and their carers: study protocol for ‘Care of People with dementia in their Environments (COPE)’in the Australian context. BMC geriatrics, 18(1), 108.

Rahja, M., Comans, T., Clemson, L., Crotty, M., & Laver, K. (2018). Are there missed opportunities for occupational therapy for people with dementia? An audit of practice in Australia. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(6), 565–574. 

Rahja, M., Comans, T., Clemson, L., Crotty, M., & Laver, K. (2018). Economic evaluations of occupational therapy approaches for people with cognitive and/or functional decline: A systematic review. Health & Social Care in the Community, 26(5), 635–653. 

COPE worldwide

Gitlin L, Winter L, Dennis M, Hodgson N, Hauck W. (2010). A biobehavioral home-based intervention and the well-being of patients with dementia and their caregivers: The COPE randomized trial. JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association. 304(9):983-91

Fortinsky, Richard H. et al. (2016). Translation of the Care of Persons with Dementia in Their Environments (COPE) Intervention in a Publicly-Funded Home Care Context: Rationale and Research Design. Contemporary Clinical Trials 49: 155–165