**Acknowledgements**

The Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) instrument contains six sections: content, literacy demand, graphics, layout and type, learning stimulation and motivation and cultural appropriateness. The SAM rates factors affecting the difficulty of readability and the compre‐ hension relative to understanding the meaning. For each factor, the materials were categorised

The Health-Related Web Site Evaluation Form consists of 36 questions, covering: content, accuracy, author, currency, audience, navigation, external links and structure. The rating scale

The Health on the Net Foundation (HONcode) is a self-regulating non-government organisa‐ tion with a set of principles adopted to standardise the creditability and reliability of health and medical information on the internet [51]. It was developed to provide a code of ethics for medical and health-related information on the internet, for three target audiences, the general public, health professionals and web publishers. It is suggested that if health information websites adhere to the HONcode, it will go a long way to ensuring that the health information provided to the public is both of good quality and reliable. The HONcode certification has eight principles: authority, complementary, confidentiality, attribution, justification, trans‐

and rated as not suitable (0), adequate (1) and superior (2) based on objective criteria.

criteria were defined as poor (<75%), adequate (75–89%) and excellent (>90%).

parency, financial disclosure and advertising, which are assessed through 12 items.

All of the instruments were found to be quick and easy to administer, and showed that the website provided reliable information and allowed the identification of some minor problems

It is important to plan to undertake assessment for usability, readability and accessibility levels when designing a website. Often this is an iterative, multimodal process. The Phase 2 evalu‐ ation highlighted the importance of involving end-users in the design of a health-information website. It showed that a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods can be effec‐ tively utilised to identify design and content problems. Further, the methodologies used were

The results of the evaluation process will be used to inform the final design changes to the website. The site will subsequently be made available to national bodies within Australia, such as Alzheimer's Australia, for promotion. Further funding will be sought in order to translate

Good management of the individual needs of the person with dementia may mean that they can live in the community setting for as long as possible. This includes attention to the safe and effective management of medications. Acknowledgement, information and support for

*4.5.1. Method critique*

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in the website design.

**5. Conclusion**

**4.6. Future recommendations**

often simple to undertake and relatively cheap to conduct.

information into other community languages.

The research team wishes to thank the Multicultural Health Service of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven Local Health District for their recognition of the importance of this study and the initial funding of the project.

Two summer scholarships were provided by the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute via the Bridgewater Family Trust to develop the initial pilot resource.

A Living Well Living Longer Global Challenges Grant was also received from the University of Wollongong to redesign the website and complete the evaluation stage.

We thank the Multicultural Health Workers who have assisted with the project giving helpful advice and making contact with study participants.

Finally, this work could not have been completed without the stories shared by the family caregivers of people living with dementia. We thank each one for their willingness to give of their time and talk about their experiences in their caring role.

The authors would like to acknowledge the work of Holly Gleeson, Rhett Thomas-Lee and Catherine Kostovski who undertook the: readability assessment, quality of information on health websites analysis and usability testing as part of their final year, undergraduate population health placement at the University of Wollongong.
