ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Evaluating in-Home Technology for Reducing Anxiety in Dementia Caregivers
- Yuxuan Chen
Stanford University - Darius Levan
University of California, Berkeley - Clarissa Munoz
University of California, Berkeley - Gene Wang
People Power - David Moss
People Power Company - Kuan-Hua Chen
University of California, Berkeley - Claire Yee
University of California, Berkeley - Casey Brown
Georgetown University - Robert Levenson
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Caregiving for a family member with dementia is associated with greatly increased burden and anxiety. Sensor-based in-home technologies can alert caregivers to wandering and other potentially dangerous situations. A nine-month randomized control trial (N=64) evaluating the People Power Caregiver system revealed declines in caregiver anxiety compared to the control condition.
Aging
