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InfoSAGE: Supporting Elders and Families through Online Family Networks. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2018;2018:932-941

Date

03/01/2019

Pubmed ID

30815136

Pubmed Central ID

PMC6371310

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85062377695 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

Abstract

With an increasingly elderly population, families are finding it increasingly challenging to coordinate care for their older family members. This paper reports on the findings of InfoSAGE, an online private social network that has tools for communication and care coordination for elders and their families. The InfoSAGE system has 257 registered users; 52 of these opted into an in-depth longitudinal study. A descriptive analysis of these early participants, the online family networks, and barriers to participation that were encountered are presented.

Author List

Quintana Y, Fahy D, Crotty B, Jain R, Kaldany E, Gorenberg M, Lipsitz L, Engorn D, Rodriguez J, Orfanos A, Bajracharya A, Henao J, Adra M, Skerry D, Slack WV, Safran C

Author

Bradley H. Crotty MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Caregivers
Communication
Family
Female
Humans
Internet
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Massachusetts
Social Support
User-Computer Interface