CUSTOMIZABLE TRAINING SOFTWARE FOR PROFESSIONAL ALZHEIMER DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS

为专业的阿尔茨海默病直接护理提供者定制的培训软件 项目摘要/摘要- ProActive Memory Services，Inc. 迫切需要新的策略来改善阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆（AD/RD）训练 460万专业直接护理提供者，帮助美国830万老年人。辅助生活 设施（ALF）和个人护理机构（PCA）是长期以来增长最快的部分， 长期护理行业，但也有关注的最低实践标准，培训， 上级要员目前的培训方案缺乏定制性和灵活性，无法解决不同背景的人的问题。 提供者及其个人学习风格。训练不足会导致过度的压力，缺乏同情心，工作 不满意、工作更替和培训成本增加。ProActive Memory Services，Inc.将考验一个革命者 新的战略，将偶尔的、偶发的AD/RD培训转变为可持续访问的培训， 移动的软件。我们假设，个性化定制培训的优势，增加在职支持， 和监督，以及有效的文件将导致采用这种新的方法。在第一阶段，我们将 在半结构化访谈、焦点小组和调查中评估培训需求和偏好， 4个ALF和PCA组织的护理提供者和管理人员指导原型的开发 专业培训软件，基于我们的商业移动的软件，适用于家庭护理人员， MemoryCarePartner©。我们的软件平台的修改将始终如一地引导学习者进行预- 程序化的培训途径，根据角色、培训水平、护理环境、状态和 组织并允许个人跟踪培训进度。学习者可以探索文本和视听 内容，以适应个人的学习风格。灵活的格式适应不同的学习者能力和不规则的工作 时间表。在第二阶段，我们将评估使用我们的 通过服务器数据、用户和管理员在线反馈、焦点小组和 采访我们的研究结果在四个连续组的10个直接护理学员将被用来开发迭代 代码冲刺，以修改我们的培训软件，优化观察到的用户体验和教育 成就通过改进监管培训文件，还将实现价值最大化 要求和组织采用的可能性以及这一新培训战略的商业潜力。 我们的最终目标是利用我们的主动和预防重点，以促进基于证据的合作和 以人为本的护理，从而提高质量的专业直接照顾越来越多的 美国人面临AD/RD。

CUSTOMIZABLE TRAINING SOFTWARE FOR PROFESSIONAL ALZHEIMER DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS Project Summary/Abstract - ProActive Memory Services, Inc. New strategies are urgently needed to improve Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/RD) training for 4.6 million professional direct care providers that assist 8.3 million older adults in the US. Assisted living facilities (ALF) and personal care agencies (PCA) are the largest and fastest growing segments of the long- term care industry, but where there also are concerns about minimal practice standards, training, and oversight. Current training options lack customization and flexibility to address the diverse backgrounds of providers and their individual learning styles. Inadequate training causes undue stress, a lack of empathy, work dissatisfaction, job turnover and higher training costs. ProActive Memory Services, Inc. will test a revolutionary new strategy that transforms occasional, episodic AD/RD training to continuously accessible training using mobile software. We hypothesize that advantages of individually customized training, increased on-job support and supervision, and efficient documentation will lead to adoption of this new approach. In Phase I we will evaluate training needs and preferences in semi-structured interviews, focus groups and surveys with 10 direct care providers and administrators in 4 ALF and PCA organizations to guide the development of prototype professional training software based on our commercial mobile software for family caregivers, MemoryCarePartner©. Modifications of our software platform will consistently direct learners to pre- programmed training pathways, individually tailored to role, level of training, care setting, state and organization and allow personal tracking of training progress. Learners can explore text and audiovisual content to fit individual learning styles. The flexible format adapts to diverse learner abilities and irregular work schedules. In Phase II we will evaluate educational outcomes and sustained engagement when using our prototype training software through server data, user and administrator online feedback, focus groups and interviews. Our findings in four successive groups of 10 direct care trainees will be used to develop iterative code sprints to modify our training software and optimize observed user experience and educational achievement. Maximizing value also will be achieved through improved documentation of regulatory training requirements and the likelihood of organization adoption and commercial potential of this new training strategy. Our ultimate goal is to use our proactive and preventative focus to facilitate evidence-based collaborative and person-centered care to thus improve the quality of professional direct care for the growing number of Americans facing AD/RD.