Project work-plan and goals

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Our work plan will be divided in four major steps:

STEP 1: Development of new services for people living with dementia and their respective caregivers

The development of services will be based on a user-centric design, steered by people living with dementia, caregivers and doctors’ needs. The result will be the first version of CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD digital health platform.

Step 2: Pilot study

Four pilots in four European countries (Italy, Spain, UK and France) will compare benefits of using CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD between an intervention group and a control group. The study period will be 18 months and a total of 600 dyads will participate.

Step 3: CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD platform update

Through the social networks of the platform, a long-term user group will be formed, yielding deeper understanding of the user experience and usability of CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD platform. Feedback from them as well as from pilots will be used for the update of the platform in order to better meet the specific needs of end-users.

Step 4: Analysis

A thorough analysis of all data and info collected throughout the project and the pilots will be conducted in order to:

a) quantify the effect of CARGIVERSPRO-MMD on wellbeing and quality of life of people living with dementia and their caregivers, as well as on the related direct and indirect healthcare and social costs
b) understand how users interact with CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD
c) assess the satisfaction of users with CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD as a support tool

Overall, the project goals are:

To design a digital health application targeted to people living with mild to moderate dementia and their caregivers, considering this dyad as the unit of care
To build CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD platform through a user-centric design
To demonstrate the CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD’s benefits for users through large-scale pilots (600 dyads)
To assess the financial savings that CAREGIVERSPRO-MMD provides to a) Healthcare and social system and to b) informal supporters of people living with dementia
To prepare for sustainable pan-European rollout of the platform

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