Development of a Telehealth Intervention for People with Dementia: ROAD MAP (Recovery‐Oriented Approach to Dementia through Meaningful Activity Participation)

Given the success of recovery approaches for people living enduring mental illness who nevertheless experience the outcome of personal recovery despite ongoing clinical symptoms it is appropriate to consider applying this model to dementia. Additionally, telemedicine is increasingly seen as an effective and efficient means of health care delivery among this population (Rice et al., 2021). Leamy and colleagues identified the elements of CHIME (connectedness, hope and optimism, identity, meaning in life and empowerment) as the key features of successful recovery‐oriented approaches (Leamy et al., 2011). This research is postulating that enhancing CHIME in people with mild dementia through the use of a web‐based self‐management intervention tool will have health‐promoting outcomes for both the person living with mild dementia and their carer.