DemiCare+: Preventing depression in informal caregivers of people with dementia​

The DemiCare+ project focus is to implement an integrated solution for preventing depression in informal caregivers of people with dementia. DemiCare+ aims to provide a holistic approach for assessing and supporting caregiver resilience.

The project will be based on the personalized information and training offer of the existing DemiCare app. This fully automated self-help preventive intervention provides information on how to deal with behavioural problems of people with dementia and aims to increase caregiving competency.

The existing personalized prevention approach will be extended by connecting to local caring communities and integrating local care services to better meet physical care demands. To support caregivers, small interventions based on Positive Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy will be used to boost their resilience and well-being.