Developing and Evaluating In-Home Supportive Technology for Caregivers of People With Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Sponsor:
Brief Summary:
alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals
with Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias, or mild cognitive impairment.
Criteria
– Caregivers are fluent/literate in English
– Caregivers currently reside with spouse/family member who has received a diagnosis of
Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias, or mild cognitive impairment
– Caregivers primarily use a smartphone (e.g., iPhone, Android)
– Caregiver has wireless internet in home
Exclusion Criteria:
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with known non-neurodegenerative conditions
affecting behavior and cognition
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with longstanding Axis I psychiatric
disorder
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with metabolic disorder or major organ
dysfunction
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with alcohol abuse or dependence (within 5
years of dementia onset)
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with head trauma with loss of consciousness
greater than 30 minutes
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with contraindications to MRI imaging
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with large confluent white matter lesions
– Caregivers providing care for individuals with significant systemic medical illness
– Caregivers providing care for individuals who use a medication likely to affect
central nervous system functions adversely
Locations
- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States, 94720
