Memory Care Partner

记忆护理伙伴

• 批准号: 9521591
• 负责人: Troy Andersen
• 金额: $ 13.4万
• 依托单位: PROACTIVE MEMORY SERVICES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-30 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9521591
• 关键词: Address; Age; Agreement; Alzheimer' s Disease; American; Caring; Cause of Death; Cellular Phone; Cessation of life; Clinic; Cognitive; Collaborations; Complex; Computer software; Databases; Dementia; Development; Devices; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Disease; Education; Effectiveness; Elderly; Evaluation; Family; Family Planning; Family member; Friends; Fright; Funding; Future; Goals; Health Personnel; Health education; Healthcare Systems; Hour; Image; Individual; Internet; Intervention; Investments; Marketing; Medical; Medical Device; Memory; Memory Loss; Monitor; Online Systems; Operating System; Patients; Persons; Phase; Population; Positioning Attribute; Prevention; Principal Investigator; Privatization; Process; Public Health; Quality of Care; Quality of life; Recommendation; Research; Research Infrastructure; Resources; Secure; Services; Small Business Technology Transfer Research; Software Validation; Specialist; Structure; Symptoms; Tablets; Techniques; Technology; Testing; Time; Uncertainty; Universities; Utah; Vertebral column; Vision; Visual; age group; base; care seeking; clinical care; commercialization; cost; cost effective; dementia care; design; digital; disability; empowered; experience; family support; help-seeking behavior; improved; innovation; insight; loved ones; member; mobile application; mortality; multidisciplinary; personalized management; prevent; programs; prototype; public health relevance; software development; success; usability; user-friendly

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): THE MEMORY CARE NAVIGATOR: A PROACTIVE GUIDE Memory loss is an increasing problem as our population ages, causing a tremendous personal and societal toll in disability and cost. Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is the illness elderly Americans most fear and the only major illness with an increasing mortality rate. Despite substantial advances in the evaluation and management of dementing diseases, there has been little change in clinical care. Patients and their families too often are unsure when and how to seek care and find themselves on a prolonged odyssey to seek advice as they become lost in a confusing, complex web of uncoordinated care. The Memory Care Partner (Partner) is an innovative mobile application allowing dementia specialists to guide individuals concerned about memory loss in themselves or a family member through the complicated process of seeking care, determining a definitive case and utilizing the latest management techniques to assure the highest quality care. Partner takes advantage of Proactive Dementia Care (PDC), a coordinated, multidisciplinary prevention-focused approach pioneered at the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging and Research. PDC integrates health education and family support at the initial medical evaluation of memory loss tailoring recommendations to the specific cause of memory loss and individual circumstances. Understanding the illness and through developing a unified family plan of progressive support, patients and their family members and friends develop a care team and become empowered to manage day-to-day needs and become prepared to prevent unnecessary foreseeable complications. PAMS, Inc., a University start-up company, recognizes that a new strategy using digital technology could broadly disseminate and better achieve the goals of PDC. An experienced interdisciplinary team of 3 highly experienced dementia specialists serves as Principal Investigators of the project and provide the critical expertise needed for successful product design and relevance to everyday patient evaluation and management. In alliance with another University start-up company, ViSUS LLC, we have developed a user-friendly prototype of Partner and now propose enhancements to develop a commercial product ready for marketing and sustainment with private investment. The primary markets for Partner are individuals worried about their own memory; those concerned about memory loss in a family member or friend; and health providers. These highly motivated individuals will find in Partner a personalized, accessible and interactive guide to high quality care from first concerns through each phase of a progressive dementing disease with checklists, informational sidebars and local resources. Using Partner the care team can monitor progress of achieving management goals and actively participate in dignified and respectful care that provides a high quality of life.

 描述（由申请人提供）：记忆护理导航：一个积极的指南记忆丧失是一个日益严重的问题，随着我们的人口老龄化，造成巨大的个人和社会损失的残疾和成本。阿尔茨海默病（AD）是痴呆症最常见的原因，是美国老年人最害怕的疾病，也是死亡率上升的唯一主要疾病。尽管在痴呆症的评估和管理方面取得了重大进展，但临床护理几乎没有变化。患者及其家属往往不确定何时以及如何寻求护理，并发现自己在漫长的奥德赛中寻求建议，因为他们迷失在混乱，复杂的不协调护理网络中。Memory Care Partner（伙伴）是一个创新的移动的应用程序，允许痴呆症专家指导关心自己或家庭成员记忆丧失的个人通过寻求护理的复杂过程，确定一个明确的情况下，并利用最新的管理技术，以确保最高质量的护理。合作伙伴利用主动痴呆症护理（PDC），一个协调，多学科的预防为重点的方法在犹他州大学阿尔茨海默氏症护理，成像和研究中心开创的优势。PDC将健康教育和家庭支持整合在记忆丧失的初步医学评估中，针对记忆丧失的具体原因和个人情况提出建议。通过了解疾病并制定统一的渐进式支持家庭计划，患者及其家人和朋友建立了一个护理团队，并有能力管理日常需求，并准备好预防不必要的可预见并发症。PAMS，Inc.，一家大学初创公司认识到，使用数字技术的新战略可以广泛传播并更好地实现PDC的目标。由3名经验丰富的痴呆症专家组成的经验丰富的跨学科团队担任该项目的主要研究者，并提供成功产品设计所需的关键专业知识以及与日常患者评估和管理的相关性。与另一家大学初创公司ViSUS LLC合作，我们开发了一个用户友好的合作伙伴原型，现在提出了改进措施，以开发一个商业产品，准备与私人投资进行营销和维护。合作伙伴的主要市场是担心自己记忆力的个人;那些担心家庭成员或朋友记忆力丧失的人;以及健康提供者。这些积极性很高的人将在Partner中找到个性化的、可访问的和互动的高质量护理指南，从第一个问题到进行性痴呆疾病的每个阶段，包括检查表、信息侧栏和当地资源。使用Partner，护理团队可以监控实现管理目标的进度，并积极参与提供高质量生活的有尊严和尊重的护理。