Dementia Rehabilitation Knowledge Hub: A Co-Designed Hub for the Translation of Evidence-Based Care to Practice

Despite robust evidence and guidelines emphasising the benefits of dementia rehabilitation, including improved function, independence, and autonomy, access remains difficult in community settings. This project addresses a critical knowledge and implementation gap by co-designing, implementing, and evaluating a free dementia rehabilitation knowledge hub. The hub will be a centralised source of high-quality, evidence-based resources and practical tools, empowering clinicians, service providers, and people with lived experience to access and implement best-practice rehabilitation strategies from the point of diagnosis. Our team of experts from across Australia, including people with living experience, are positioned to maximise the hub’s impact by leveraging their established track record in dementia rehabilitation and online education. The three-phase project will: 1) identify priorities and implementation strategies to inform the hubs development and roll-out; 2) co-design the hub’s content, accessibility, and user interface, ensuring it meets the real-world needs of end users; and 3) pilot and publicly launch the hub across Australia guided by robust mixed methods evaluation, including web analytics, user surveys, interviews, and embedded feedback tools. A Steering Group consisting of peak bodies in allied health and dementia education, clinicians, and people with living experience will guide and oversee the project and inform dissemination and ongoing sustainability. By supporting multidisciplinary collaboration, strengthening workforce capability, and educating communities, the hub will improve translation of evidence into practice, increase access to dementia rehabilitation in community settings, and contribute directly to national policy priorities and better quality of life for Australians with dementia.