IMPROVING DEMENTIA CARE THROUGH DIGITAL CAREGIVER EMPOWERMENT: DURABLE CLAIMS‐BASED OUTCOMES DEMONSTRATED IN A PRAGMATIC REAL‐WORLD TRIAL

The Ceresti Digital Caregiver Empowerment Program (DCEP) was deployed to 164 family caregivers of Medicare Advantage patients with ADOD. The primary objective of this pragmatic trial was to demonstrate that increasing the knowledge, skills and confidence of family caregivers (e.g., spouses, adult children) via personalized education, proactive coaching and remote monitoring—delivered via an app on a dedicated tablet computer—reduces avoidable patient hospitalizations. Durability of claims‐based outcomes was also studied. Caregiver engagement, caregiver satisfaction and caregiver mental health were also tracked