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IMAGE: Researchers from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University and University of Wisconsin are creating, with caregivers as co-designers, Helping the Helpers, an application (app) to support informal caregivers (often family or friends). view more
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INDIANAPOLIS Most of the six million people in the U.S. who live with Alzheimer s disease and related dementias rely on informal caregivers, usually family or friends, to help manage their medications. Researchers from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University and University of Wisconsin have received a grant to create an application to support those caregivers. Caregivers are often under-trained, under-resourced, and under-supported to perform medication management. It can lead to significant burden, stress and even inappropriate medication use, said Richard Holden, PhD, a co-leader of the project. To this point, technology has not been leveraged to help this population. Using
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