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[Agency] ASPE [Project Title] Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technologies to Reduce Physical Strain Among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Living at Home [Institution] The Lewin Group [Amount] $328,620 [Summary] The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation intends to issue one task order under the PSC Task Order’s. The main objective of this project is to accelerate adoption of assistive technologies to mitigate high family caregiver stress associated physical strain of providing personal assistance with daily living tasks (e.g. help with bathing, toileting, transferring) to chronically disabled elders living at home. There are two components to the project: The research component involves a systematic review of the evidence-base related to the role of assistive technologies in preventing overexertion and injuries among paid long-term care workers and the implications for unpaid family caregivers. The adoption component involves (1) consultation with experts on assistive technology and experts on family caregiving for the elderly as well as (2) site visits (in person and/or telephonic) to the local programs that operate under the umbrella of the Older Americans Act-funded National Family Caregiver Support Program. The purpose is to gain a better understanding of what these programs currently do or could do to facilitate family caregivers’ access to appropriate assistive technologies (those identified by the research component). The end product is to be a report including recommendations how to maximize the potential of the NFCSP as a vehicle for accelerating adoption of assistive technologies to reduce the physical strain experienced by family caregivers of the non-institutionalized frail elderly. [Completion/ Closing Date] 07/17/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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