CAREMOBI: AN APP CONNECTING CAREGIVERS, ADULT DAY CENTERS, AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA

Abstract

Abstract Fragmented communication between care partners, health care providers, and adult day centers around the needs of persons living with dementia (PLWD) contributes to avoidable health care utilization. CareMOBI, is a user-centered mobile application that streamlines information exchange around datapoints relevant to the care of PLWD. CareMOBI facilitates team-based communication around emerging clinical problems by uniquely integrating the knowledge and day-to-day observations of adult day center staff and care partners. We present a stakeholder engaged approach to iteratively designing and validating an initial prototype. Through interviews and focus groups with adult day center staff (n=31), primary care providers (n=22), and family caregivers (n=13) we identified barriers to communication across settings. We then visually mapped the domains of a future app which we subsequently validated and refined with end-users (n=25). We present our current prototype which synthesizes these findings and addresses key barriers to information exchange across community settings serving PLWD.