Publications by authors named "Ya-Li Sung"
Objective: To develop and implement a tiered training model for neighborhood caregiving volunteers and to evaluate its impact on participants' knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes toward caregiving services.
Design And Methods: We employed a mixed-methods research design. Participants included 32 neighborhood care volunteers and six seed volunteers.
Article Synopsis
- Case managers in Taiwan face challenges in coordinating dementia care due to reliance on outdated, paper-based systems, which leads to issues like duplicated assessments and poor communication with family caregivers.* -
- A multiphase study was conducted to create an electronic information system (DCMIS app) tailored to the needs of case managers, beginning with interviews to identify desired features and followed by app development and user testing.* -
- The DCMIS app aims to enhance the efficiency and quality of case management for dementia care by integrating data management and communication tools, ultimately linking to a caregiver app for better family support.*
Background: The prevalence of chronic diseases and functional disorders is projected to escalate as the older adult population increases. Thus, the demand for and burdens of long-term care are increasing. Training middle-aged and older volunteers at the community level will enhance health promotion and disease prevention in communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has required restrictions of daily activities, which has been found to impact the lives of persons living with dementia (PLWDs) and their family caregivers, who have multiple care demands. The lack of relevant studies in Taiwan emphasized the need to explore the experiences of family caregivers of older PLWDs faced with the intensified restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19, and the impact of the availability of a smart-clothes home nursing program.
Methods: This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews with family caregivers of older PLWDs.