Website and E-Care for Latino Family Caregivers

描述（由申请人提供）：患有 老年痴呆症患者患压力相关疾病的风险增加。这是特别 对于拉丁美洲的照顾者来说，由于缺乏关于痴呆症的西班牙语信息和/或文化能力的服务，他们的负担加重了。 即使有这样的服务，拉丁美洲的照顾者也经常面临访问问题。 与调度便利性、地理距离和 无法让他们患有痴呆症的老人无人照顾。这个项目 满足了对方便，文化能力，西班牙语， 为拉丁裔护理人员提供服务。我们建议发展多元文化 一级西班牙语-英语网站，供受痴呆症影响的家庭照顾者使用 长老我们已经建立了一个原型网站为拉丁美洲照顾者 在波士顿，并将在第一阶段进一步发展。我们将通过 扩大该网站的西班牙语高级扫盲部分，以及 用西班牙语和英语编写识字率较低的版本。评价研究 作为一种学习工具的网站。在第二阶段，我们将 扩大网站，包括全国性的护理人员资源，并增加一个 提供在线和呼叫中心咨询的定制电子保健组件， 痴呆症专家健康维护组织可能会与我们签订合同， 作为会员服务的e-care组件。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Family caregivers to elders suffering with dementia are at increased risk for stress-related illness. This is especially true for Latino caregivers, whose burden is exacerbated by a lack of Spanish-language information on dementia, and/or culturally-competent services. Even when such services are available, Latino caregivers often face access barriers related to scheduling convenience, geographic distances, and the inability to leave their dementia-affected elder unattended. This project addresses the need for convenient, culturally-competent, Spanish-language services for Latino caregivers. We propose the development of a multi-literacy level Spanish-English website for family caregivers to dementia-affected elders. We have already established a prototype website for Latino caregivers in the Boston are, and will further develop it in Phase 1. We will do this by expanding the higher literacy Spanish component of the website, as well as developing lower literacy versions in Spanish and English. An evaluation study of the website as a learning tool will be conducted. In Phase II, we will expand the website to include caregiver resources nationally, and add a customized e-care component offering on-line and call-in center advice from dementia specialists. HMOs can be expected to contract with us to provide the e-care component as a member service.