I-Corps: Digital platform to manage the care of the elderly by utilizing long-term services and support resources

I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种数字工具，将老年人及其家庭照顾者与老年护理援助行业的资源、教育和服务联系起来。这项拟议的技术旨在让家庭照顾者通过智能手机应用程序访问该设备，他们可以在该应用程序中与服务提供商联系，以获得有关老年人护理的各个方面的帮助，包括家务助理、医疗提供者、老年人法律资源以及许多其他经常寻求的服务。这项技术可以通过提供量身定制的信息来帮助照顾者与适合他们的支持服务社区联系起来，从而改善照顾者的体验。这项技术的目的是增加照顾者的信心，并提高他们可利用的社区和远程资源的利用率。以前已经为家庭照顾者开发了许多资源。然而，由于缺乏轻松访问、非个性化信息、信息复杂性和糟糕的用户体验，这些资源的采用率仍然很低。这个i-Corps项目基于一种新的护理个性化算法(CPA)的开发，该算法创建了最适合每个护理人员的用户特定干预措施。照顾的需求随着时间的推移而变化，每个照顾者的经济、法律、地理和家庭情况都是独一无二的。这就要求帮助照顾者的数字服务高度个性化。拟议的技术通过开发基于逻辑决策树(基于用户输入的关键护理人员特征)和地理位置(从移动电话自动获取)的数字平台来解决这一问题。这项技术将为每个照顾者生成个性化的信息、建议和互动清单，以帮助他们应对法律、经济、医疗、社会援助和其他照看挑战。拟议的设计可以为照顾者提供定制的照顾者计划，该计划可以缩小他们寻求的信息范围，并提供针对他们需求的资源和服务提供者列表。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a digital tool that connects the elderly and their family caregivers to resources, education, and services in the eldercare assistance industry. The proposed technology is designed for family caregivers to access the device through a smartphone application where they may connect with service providers for assistance with various aspects of eldercare, including home-aids, medical providers, elder law resources, and many other commonly sought services. The technology may improve caregivers’ experiences by providing tailored information that helps connect them with the community of support services appropriate for them. The aim of this technology is to increase caregiver confidence and utilization of community and remote resources available to them. Numerous resources for family caregivers have been developed previously. However, the adoption rate of these resources remains low due to lack of easy access, non-personalized information, information complexity, and a poor user experience.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a novel Care Personalization Algorithm (CPA) that creates a user-specific intervention best suited for each caregiver. The demands of caregiving change over time and each caregiver's financial, legal, geographic, and familial situation is unique. This requires that digital services to assist caregivers be highly personalized. The proposed technology addresses this issue by developing a digital platform based on logic decision trees (based on key caregiver characteristics input by the user) and geolocation (automatically obtained from the mobile phone). The technology will generate personalized information, recommendations, and interactive checklists for each caregiver to assist with the legal, financial, health, social assistance and other challenges of caregiving. The proposed design may provide caregivers with a customized caregiver plan that may narrow the information they seek and provide a listing of resources and service-providers directed to their needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.