Vision, conceptualization and project management
Tarun Dua, Anne Margriet Pot (project manager), Shekhar Saxena, Diana Zandi.
Project coordination and editing
The team that coordinated the development of the manual, including writing and editing, was comprised of Neerja Chowdhary, Stéfanie Fréel, Anne Margriet Pot and Katrin Seeher.
Contribution
Valuable help and advice was received from many organizations, experts, people with dementia, and carers who have contributed to the development of iSupport, including but not limited to those mentioned below.
Key Contributions
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Stanford University, Stanford, USA; Kala Mehta, Stanford University, Stanford, USA; Bernadette Willemse, WHO Collaborating Centre for Dissemination of Good Practices in Mental Health, Trimbos-Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands; Lilly Xiao, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Technical Reviewers and Advisors
Emiliano Albanese, WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Mental Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Nicole Batsch, Alzheimer’s Disease International, London, UK; Upasana Baruah, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India; Kiki Edwards, Rossetti Care, Ibadan, Nigeria; Kieren Egan, WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Mental Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Mariella Guerra, Instituto de la Memoria, Lima, Peru; Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, University of Calgary, Canada; Timothy Kwok, Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Marleen Prins, WHO Collaborating Centre for Dissemination of Good Practices in Mental Health, Trimbos-Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands; Santosh Loganathan, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India; Prafulla Shivakumar, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India; Iris van Asch, WHO Collaborating Centre for Dissemination of Good Practices in Mental Health, Trimbos-Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands; Mathew Varghese, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India; Huali Wang, Dementia Care & Research Center, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Marc Wortmann, Marc Wortmann Consulting.
WHO Staff, Consultants and Interns
Alison Brunier, Kenneth Carswell, Emma Cradock, Sophie D’Souza, Melissa Harper Shehadeh, Marije Kaat, Dévora Kestel, Neha Kinariwalla, Annet Kleiboer, Harleen Rai, Dag Rekve, Hiral Shah, Mark van Ommeren, Shuo Wang.
Administrative Support
Caroline Herment, Jacqueline Lashley, Adeline Loo, Ophel Riano.
Production Team
Development (web version): Iris Rosier, Kirsten van der Werff, Katherina Martin Abello, WHO Collaborating Centre for Dissemination of Good Practices in Mental Health, Trimbos-Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands, in collaboration with; Deepak Bhikharie, Edi Recica, Kees Schouten, Aan Zee, Noordwijk aan zee, Netherlands.
Illustrations: Janet van der Werff, Drachten, Netherlands.
Graphic design and layout (iSupport manual): Van Cleef Emnacen, Philippines.
Editing: Harriet Payne, Alzheimer’s Disease International, London, U.K.
Financial Support
WHO would like to thank the following countries/agencies for supporting the development and production of iSupport: Alzheimer’s Association, U.S.A.; and, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Netherlands.
Neither of them are individually responsible in any way for the content, functioning of, or views displayed on iSupport.
