Implementation of eMental health technologies for informal caregivers: A multiple case study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Informal caregivers offer continuous unpaid support to loved ones who are unable to live independently. Providing care can be a very burdensome commitment, that heavily impacts informal caregivers' mental health. eMental health is a possible, yet challenging, solution to improve caregivers' mental health and their overall experience of caregiving. In fact, eMental health technologies often face challenges of implementation. The present work gathers knowledge on how to best deal with these challenges by collecting testimonies of implementation experts of eight eMental health technologies for informal caregivers with the aim of comparing them and extracting lessons learned.

Methods

For this multiple case study, technologies were selected (through informal suggesti

SUBMITTER: Bastoni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10081674 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature