Innovations in Remote Support for Dementia Family Caregivers

Chair(s)

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  Kylie Meyer, PhD

  Faculty
  School of Nursing
  Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Co-Chair(s)

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  Lyndsey Miller, PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  School of Nursing
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Portland, Oregon, United States

Discussant(s)

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  Jeffrey Kaye, MD

  Professor
  Neurology
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Portland, Oregon, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Kylie Meyer, PhD

  Faculty
  School of Nursing
  Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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  Shirin Hiatt, MPH, MS, RN

  Senior Research Associate
  School of Nursing
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Portland, Oregon, United States
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  Allison Gibson, PhD, MSW

  Associate Professor
  Social Work
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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  Walter Dawson, DPhil

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Neurology
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Portland, Oregon, United States

Remote delivery of dementia caregiver interventions can decrease delivery costs, and make it more feasible to provide evidence-based interventions to caregivers across the country. As the science behind remote delivery develops, new technologies and their applications can ensure preservation of important intervention components and principles, as well as novel forms of data collection. In this symposium, investigators will present on studies that demonstrate how technology can be used to improve delivery and assessment of remote caregiver interventions. Walter Dawson, D.Phil, will share findings from the Support via Technology: Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (STELLA) intervention. Using secondary data collected via weekly survey, he examined the association between costs of care and behavioral symptoms of dementia. Next, Allison Gibson, PhD, MSW, will present results from focus groups about caregivers’ experiences of the Harmony at HOME (H@H), a telehealth intervention to improve person-environment fit and limit behavioral symptoms of dementia. Kylie Meyer, PhD, will present results from the Learning Skills Together intervention, which uses teleconferencing to teach family caregivers how to provide complex care tasks while adhering to self-efficacy theory. Lastly, Shirin Hiatt, MPH, MS, RN, will present findings from the REmote Assessment and Dynamic Response (READyR) study, which tests the application of remote monitoring technology to assess adherence to value-based care (e.g., autonomy) among spousal family care partners. Each study was supported by the Emory University Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery or Oregon Roybal Center for Care Support Translational Research Advantaged by Integrating Technology.

Presentations:

• 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

  Stick to the Theory: Findings from a Complex Care Intervention Following Transition to Digital Delivery
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Kylie Meyer, PhD – Case Western Reserve University
• 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

  The READyR Program's Interim Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effects on Values-Based Care and Relationship Quality
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Shirin O. Hiatt, MPH, MS, RN – Oregon Health & Science University
• 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

  Increasing Dementia Care Mastery for Rural Caregivers: Lessons from Adapting the Harmony @ HOME Intervention
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Allison Gibson, PhD, MSW – University of Kentucky
• 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET

  What do 'Behaviors" Cost? Understanding Costs in Dementia Care Partner-Based Research
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Walter Dawson, DPhil – Oregon Health & Science University