SBIR/STTR Research Award
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CAREGIVER INFORMATION SERVICE
Award amount
$48,026Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Birch And Davis Associates
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF EMPLOYED CAREGIVERS OF AGING PERSONS BY ESTABLISHING A SERVICE TO TRANSMIT FIELD-TESTED, HIGH-QUALITY CAREGIVING INFORMATION AS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. PHASE I RESEARCH INTO CAREGIVER NEEDS, AVAILABLE MATERIALS, AND EMPLOYER WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE WILL DRIVE PHASE II DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND EVALUATION WORK TOWARD ESTABLISHMENT OF A COST-EFFECTIVE, COMMERCIALLY VIABLE INFORMATION SERVICE. UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS PROJECT ARE THAT IT (1) IS THE FIRST STAND-ALONE ELDERCARE BENEFIT PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE MIX OF INFORMATION SERVICES, AND (2) TAKES A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT CAREGIVING.
Technology keywords
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