Caregiver Research Project, University of Calgary
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Caregiver Research Project Overview
Title: Developing User-Centred Digital Supports for Informal Networks that Provide Care for Elders: A Co-Design Approach
Funding Agency: AGE-WELL, NCE
Principal Investigator: Myles Leslie, Associate Director of Research School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Ethics Approval: Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board, University of Calgary
Outline: Informal care networks provide the majority of care to a growing population of Canadian elders. This project seeks to co-design a digital application to support the lives and efforts of these family and friend caregivers. For such an application to successfully free up time, reduce burnout, improve care, and increase wellbeing it must originate from the goals and priorities of caregivers themselves.
To accomplish this sort of 'user centered design,' the project uses a modified and expanded version of Nominal Group Technique (NGT). Over the course of two, 2-hour-long, Focus Groups (FGs) 4-6 participants will be invited first (FG1) to share and discuss their goals, and then (FG2) to imagine feasible technology-enabled solutions. FGs will be conducted until a total of 18-25 participants have been involved.
FG1 asks participants to share their caregiving goals. An example here might be: “I have a goal of getting out of the house more often.” The participants will then discuss and rank their goals into a prioritized list. The same participants then reconvene, 2-3 weeks later, for FG2 in which they discuss their prioritized goals with an eye on identifying ways that an application might help meet those goals.
Once all 18-25 participants have completed FG1 and FG2, they will be invited to rank the full set of goals and associated technology possibilities in an online survey. The results of this survey – the top five goal and technology combinations from the all the FGs – will be used to search for existing digital applications, or begin the design process for a novel application. Although a technology partner with expertise in application development is part of the research team, the project does not assume that a new application needs to be designed. With this in mind, it is possible that participants may be asked to evaluate existing products that aim to support them in attaining their goals
Title: Developing User-Centred Digital Supports for Informal Networks that Provide Care for Elders: A Co-Design Approach
Funding Agency: AGE-WELL, NCE
Principal Investigator: Myles Leslie, Associate Director of Research School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Ethics Approval: Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board, University of Calgary
Outline: Informal care networks provide the majority of care to a growing population of Canadian elders. This project seeks to co-design a digital application to support the lives and efforts of these family and friend caregivers. For such an application to successfully free up time, reduce burnout, improve care, and increase wellbeing it must originate from the goals and priorities of caregivers themselves.
To accomplish this sort of 'user centered design,' the project uses a modified and expanded version of Nominal Group Technique (NGT). Over the course of two, 2-hour-long, Focus Groups (FGs) 4-6 participants will be invited first (FG1) to share and discuss their goals, and then (FG2) to imagine feasible technology-enabled solutions. FGs will be conducted until a total of 18-25 participants have been involved.
FG1 asks participants to share their caregiving goals. An example here might be: “I have a goal of getting out of the house more often.” The participants will then discuss and rank their goals into a prioritized list. The same participants then reconvene, 2-3 weeks later, for FG2 in which they discuss their prioritized goals with an eye on identifying ways that an application might help meet those goals.
Once all 18-25 participants have completed FG1 and FG2, they will be invited to rank the full set of goals and associated technology possibilities in an online survey. The results of this survey – the top five goal and technology combinations from the all the FGs – will be used to search for existing digital applications, or begin the design process for a novel application. Although a technology partner with expertise in application development is part of the research team, the project does not assume that a new application needs to be designed. With this in mind, it is possible that participants may be asked to evaluate existing products that aim to support them in attaining their goals