Looking for Respite and Support
Open Access
- 18 April 2015
- conference paper
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1155-1158
Abstract
Our research aims at informing the design of technological solutions to alleviate the stress resulting from the involvement of spouses of Alzheimer's disease patients as caregivers. For so doing, we have observed and analyzed the different offline solutions that are offered by a healthcare network in the Aube region (North-East of France). We discuss the key factors that we have identified for building an effective support network and identify five perspectives for the development of an online social support platform to lower the burden of spousal caregivers.Keywords
Funding Information
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (AALI 2012-TOPIC)
- National fund for autonomy (CNSA, France) (AALI 2012-TOPIC)
- European Union (AALI 2012-TOPIC)
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