CUSTOMIZABLE TRAINING SOFTWARE FOR PROFESSIONAL ALZHEIMER DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS

为专业阿尔茨海默病直接护理提供者提供可定制的培训软件 项目摘要/摘要-主动式存储服务公司 迫切需要新的战略来改善阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆(AD/RD)的培训 为460万专业直接护理提供者提供服务，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- 定期护理行业，但也存在对最低实践标准、培训和 疏忽。目前的培训选项缺乏定制化和灵活性，无法满足不同背景的 供应商及其个人的学习风格。训练不足会造成过度的压力、缺乏同理心、工作 不满、工作流动率和更高的培训成本。Active Memory Services，Inc.将测试一项革命性的 新战略将不定期的AD/RD培训转变为持续可访问的培训，使用 移动软件。我们假设，个人定制培训的优势是，增加了工作支持 和监督，以及有效的文件记录将导致采用这一新方法。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员指导原型的开发 基于我们为家庭照顾者提供的商业移动软件的专业培训软件， MemoyCarePartner©。我们软件平台的修改将始终如一地引导学员 程序化的培训路径，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。学习者可以浏览文本和视听 适合个人学习风格的内容。灵活的格式适应不同的学习者能力和不定期的工作 日程表。在第二阶段，我们将评估教育成果和在使用我们的 通过服务器数据、用户和管理员在线反馈、焦点小组和 采访。我们在连续四组10名直接护理受训人员中的研究结果将用于开发迭代 编写Sprint代码以修改我们的培训软件，并优化观察到的用户体验和教育 成就。还将通过改进监管培训的文档记录来实现价值最大化 这一新培训战略的要求和组织采用的可能性以及商业潜力。 我们的最终目标是使用我们主动和预防性的重点来促进以证据为基础的合作和 以人为本，从而提高专业直接护理的质量，为越来越多的 面临AD/RD的美国人。

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.