An online educational intervention for adult child carers of people living with dementia in a low- and middle-income country: a feasibility study

Recent evidence suggests that carers of people with dementia may find more challenges not only due to the progression of the dementia itself, but also through limitations caused by COVID-19. Adult carers of parents in LMICs who also live with their offspring often need support to improve their care, particularly in this pandemic era.<br><br>Aim:<br>This study explores the feasibility and acceptability of an online educational intervention for adult child carers of parents living with dementia in an LMIC.<br><br>Intervention Development:<br>Following the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, the 12-hour dementia care skills intervention was developed as synchronous online learning with an interactive component for informal adult-child carers of people with dementia in this study.<br><br>Method:<br>A feasibility study with sequential mixed method approach was undertaken.

The quantitative phase involved process evaluation and pre-post survey with follow up measurement, while the qualitative phase involved online focus groups to explore the participants’ experience of the online intervention.<br><br>Result:<br>The intervention was delivered online in the Indonesian language to a total of 25 participants as one group across six weeks The online intervention was feasible to be delivered and well received by the participants of the study.