Digital resilience monitoring of informal caregivers of persons with dementia for early detection of overburden: Development and pilot testing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Informal caregiving is becoming increasingly important in dementia care, but causes a considerable burden on caregivers which impacts their wellbeing. We aimed to develop and pilot test a digital monitoring tool (REsilience Monitor for INformal caregivers in Dementia [REMIND]) for wellbeing and resilience of informal caregivers to provide timely support and thereby prevent their overburden and eventually crises admissions of persons with dementia.

Methods

A human-centered design method based on co-creation with informal caregivers and professionals was used to design REMIND. During co-creation meetings and in-between sprint sessions, a point of focus was formulated, and a prototype was created. Case manager-caregiver duos pilot-tested REMIND for 3 months. Semi-str

SUBMITTER: Oostra DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10108106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature