Web-Based Technologies to Support Carers of People Living With Dementia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Clare Wilding   ¹ , BAppSC(OT), MAppSc, PhD ;   Debra Morgan   ² , PhD ;   Jennene Greenhill   ^{3, 4} , RN, BA, MSPD, PhD ;   David Perkins   ^{5, 6} , BAHons, PhD ;   Megan E O'Connell   ⁷ , RDPsych, PhD ;   Michael Bauer   ⁸ , PhD ;   Jane Farmer   ⁹ , MA, PhD ;   Catherine Morley   ¹⁰ , RN, MBA ;   Irene Blackberry   ¹ , BMed, PhD

¹ John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Australia

² Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

³ Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Bilinga, Australia

⁴ College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Renmark, Australia

⁵ Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, The University of Newcastle, Orange, Australia

⁶ Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

⁷ Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

⁸ Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

⁹ Social Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

¹⁰ Wimmera Health Care Group, Horsham, Australia