Mobile alert app to engage community volunteers to help locate missing persons with dementia.

Autor: Noelannah Neubauer, Christine Daum, Antonio Miguel-Cruz, Lili Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0254952 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254952
Popis: The prevalence of persons living with dementia and at risk of going missing is rising. In this study, we engaged persons living with dementia, care partners, police services, search and rescue organizations, and health and social service providers to develop Community ASAP, a mobile alert system that engages community citizens, as volunteers, to look out for persons with dementia reported missing. We completed three phases of development and evaluation of the usability and functionality of the alert system with stakeholders in three Canadian provinces. In this paper we describe features of the Community ASAP and the findings of these evaluation phases.
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