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Publications

In 2023, we published our findings from Study 1, which reported on the development and validation of training material for the MATCH mobile app.

  • Thompson, Z., Tamplin, J., Vieira Sousa, T., Carrasco, R., Flynn, L., Lamb, K. E., Lampit, A., Lautenschlager, N. T., McMahon, K., Waycott, J., Vogel, A. P., Woodward-Kron, R., Stretton-Smith, P. A., and Baker, F. A. (2023). Content development and validation for a mobile application designed to train family caregivers in the use of music to support care of people living with dementia. Frontiers in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1185818

Here is our first publication which helped us to develop our first design of the MATCH app for family carers.

  • Carrasco, R., Baker, F.A., Bukowska, A.A., Clark, I., Flynn, L., McMahon, K., Odell-Miller, H., Tamplin, J., Stensaeth, K.A., Sousa, T.A., Waycott, J., Wosch, T. (2020). Empowering caregivers of people living with dementia to use music therapeutically at home: Design opportunities. OzCHI '20: Proceedings of the 32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3441000.3441082

Presentations

The MATCH team have presented at various national and international conferences, including the HammondCare International Dementia Conference, Australian Dementia Research Forum, and World Congress of Music Therapy.

  • Enhancing professional dementia caregiver capacity using Music Attuned Technology - Care via eHealth (MATCH). Presented as part of a Roundtable, ‘Reflecting on connecting: Innovating the role of music therapy in dementia care’, at the World Congress of Music Therapy, Vancouver, Canada (26th July, 2023).
  • MATCH: A proof-of-concept study trialling a music-therapy informed mobile application for caregivers of people living with dementia. Poster presentation at the Australian Dementia Research Forum, Gold Coast (29th-31st May, 2023).
  • MATCH: Music Attuned Technology – Care via eHealth. Presented at the HammondCare International Dementia Conference, Sydney (September 9th, 2022).

Our MATCH PhD Candidate, Hayley Antipas, has also been busy presenting her PhD research at the Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit (CAMTRU).

  • Framework synthesis within a mixed methods systematic review for mitigating stress in professional dementia caregivers. CAMTRU seminar with guest Prof. Joke Bradt (13th February, 2023).
  • The effect of using Music Attuned Technology for Care via eHealth (MATCH) with people living with dementia in residential aged care on the workforce: a 3-study mixed methods research project. CAMTRU confirmation (12th October, 2022).
  • The effect of using Music Attuned Technology for Care via eHealth (MATCH) with people living with dementia in residential aged care on the workforce: a 3-study mixed methods research project. CAMTRU seminar with guest Prof. Helen Odell-Miller (16th May, 2022).