Official Title

Collaborative Research: Learning and Improving Alzheimer's Patient-Caregiver Relationships via Smart Healthcare Technology

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explore how family caregivers and persons with memory loss communicate and if certain ways of handling stress, such as mindfulness-based self managements, are helpful for family caregivers. You will be in the study for up to four months from the time of consent to the time of final study data collection. There will be 4 telephone or video calls, and each will take approximately 30 – 135 minutes.

Could this study be right for you?

Caregivers who will participate in this study need to: 1) be aged 21 years or older 2) be an informal, unpaid caregiver who lives with the care recipient 3) be fluent in English 4) have functioning home Wifi The inclusion criteria for care recipients (persons with memory loss) are: 1) females and males age 60-99 years 2) history of memory loss 3) community-dwelling (living in the home) 4) fluent in English

Age Range

21 and up