E-Technology for Chinese Dementia Caregivers

中国痴呆症护理人员的电子技术

基本信息

批准号：
7110868
负责人：
Hongtu Chen
金额：
$ 11.66万
依托单位：
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH GROUP, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2006-09-15 至 2008-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Family caregivers of older adults suffering from dementia are at increased risk for stress-related illnesses. This risk is especially true for Chinese-American caregivers, whose burden is exacerbated by a lack of linguistically appropriate information on dementia and its care management. The purpose of this SBIR is to develop a comprehensive, culturally competent, educational website in Phase I, and expand the website to include more interactive features in Phase II for Chinese-and English-speaking caregivers to improve their knowledge, skills, and psychological well being. We propose to use a family-system approach to educate all members of the caregiving family. Specific Phase I aims are to: 1) Develop a Chinese/English website with culturally competent content to improve knowledge of disease and care management, as well as within-family support for caregiving to older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD); b) Evaluate the effectiveness of using the website, c) Disseminate the website to providers, aging service organizations, consumer groups, and Chinese-American organizations as an educational resource. Our Phase II goal is to turn the well-tested content of the website into an interactive website with both print and audio to allow peer support among caregivers using the web-site, and to broaden the participation of caregivers by disseminating the website globally to Chinese-speaking caregivers. Specific Phase II aims include developing, evaluating, and commercializing the website. This SBIR is a collaboration among Environment & Health Inc., a group devoted to aging-related training and technology development, and INVIVIA Inc., a technology-based digital design company, along with university-based experts on Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. Proposed Commercial Applications: With market potential of over 2.7 million Chinese-speaking people in the U.S. (about 2000 dementia cases) and over 444 million (about 2 million dementia cases) among Chinese-speaking people in Asia, the proposed Chinese/English website has promising commercial viability.

描述（由申请人提供）：患有痴呆症的老年人的家庭照顾者患压力相关疾病的风险增加。这种风险对于美籍华人护理人员来说尤其如此，由于缺乏有关痴呆症及其护理管理的语言上适当的信息，他们的负担更加严重。 SBIR 的目的是在第一阶段开发一个综合性的、具有文化竞争力的教育网站，并在第二阶段扩展该网站，包括更多互动功能，供中文和英文护理人员提高他们的知识、技能和心理健康存在。我们建议采用家庭系统的方法来教育所有照料家庭成员。第一阶段的具体目标是： 1) 开发一个具有文化内涵的中/英文网站，以提高疾病和护理管理知识，以及为照顾患有阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）的老年人提供家庭内部支持； b) 评估使用网站的有效性， c) 将网站作为教育资源传播给提供者、老龄服务组织、消费者团体和美籍华人组织。我们第二阶段的目标是将经过充分测试的网站内容转变为具有印刷和音频的交互式网站，以便使用该网站的护理人员之间能够获得同伴支持，并通过在全球范围内向中国人传播该网站来扩大护理人员的参与- 会说话的护理人员。第二阶段的具体目标包括开发、评估和商业化网站。该SBIR是Environment & Health Inc.（一家致力于衰老相关培训和技术开发的集团）和INVIVIA Inc.（一家以技术为基础的数字设计公司）以及阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症方面大学专家的合作成果。拟议的商业应用：鉴于美国超过270万华语人群（约2000个痴呆症病例）和亚洲超过4.44亿华语人群（约200万个痴呆症病例）的市场潜力，拟议的中/英文网站已有希望的商业可行性。