MULTIMEDIA ELDERCARE SUPPORT FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS

随着美国的老龄化，老年人护理问题日益受到关注，尤其是对于那些通常有工作的成年子女来说，他们承受着相当大的压力，试图同时扮演雇员和照顾者的角色。该项目将制定一个交互式多媒体方案，重点关注协助护理管理和IADL活动的家庭照料者所面临的问题。第一阶段的原型将针对慢性病阶段的护理问题，并将在一个随机试验的工作场所进行评估。建议的商业应用：个人可以购买该程序，然而，工作场所，医疗诊所，员工援助计划和社区服务组织也感到需要更多的老年人护理支持。这个多媒体项目将提供方便和经济有效的转诊、信息、支持和培训，专门针对家庭的社会心理需求。它还将提供有关用户兴趣和用户需求的数据报告，以便协助管理员进行方案规划和评价。

With the aging of America, eldercare issues are a growing concern, especially for adult children who generally are employed and under considerable stress trying to juggle their roles as both employee and caregiver. This project will develop an interactive multimedia program that will focus on issues confronting family caregivers who assist with care management and IADL activities. The Phase I prototype will target issues of caregiving in the chronic phase of illness, and will be evaluated at a worksite with a randomized trial. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Individuals can purchase this program, however, worksites, medical clinics, employee assistance programs and community service organizations are also feeling the need for greater eldercare support. This multimedia program will offer convenient and cost-effective referrals, information, support and training tailored specifically to the psychosocial demands being placed on the family. It will also provide data reports regarding user interests and user needs in order to assist administrators with program planning and evaluation.