Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title $600,000 grant for mental health project Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet Three Rivers Department of Rural Health Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 02/02/24 Description Charles Sturt’s Ageing Well in Rural and Regional Australia Research Group was recently awarded a $600,000 grant from The Ian Potter Foundation for their innovative ‘Improving the Mental Health of Older Australians Navigating the Transition to Residential Aged Care (ON-TRAC) Project’.
The ON-TRAC project will be co-designed, co-produced, trialled, evaluated, and implemented over five years in collaboration with older Australians, informal carers, industry care providers, and researchers.
The key areas of mental health to be addressed are depression and anxiety, with the aim of reducing these conditions through evidence-informed psychological intervention.
“The grant not only recognises the importance of our work but also presents an invaluable opportunity to showcase Charles Sturt University’s commitment to advancing the mental health of older Australians who are making the significant transition from living at home to residing in permanent residential aged care”, said Dr Shanna Fealy.
Members of the research group include Charles Sturt University’s Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the Sturt Scheme funded research group Dr Shanna Fealy, Professor Suzanne McLaren (School of Psychology), Associate Professor Melissa Nott (Three Rivers DRH) and Associate Professor Belinda Cash (School of Social Work and Arts).Producer/Author Three Rivers Department of Rural Health URL https://mailchi.mp/csu.edu.au/three-rivers-drh-enews-february2024 Persons Shanna Fealy, Melissa Nott, Suzanne McLaren, Belinda Cash