Improving Online Resources for Caregivers

o Important facts  75% of the aging population in the United States suffers from some sort of chronic disease. Approximately 40% of the population of the United States is some kind of carer. Women are dominant among caregivers.  80% of carers are relatives. Some patients depend entirely on caregivers.  Most caregivers need some form of emotional support. Caregiver's burden includes emotional, economic and temporal constraints. o The design portal should target middle-aged people. Gender does not lead the industry completely, but the proportion of female caregivers is definitely higher.

• Obtaining nursing care information using the Internet The proportion of carers whose household incomes are increasing is increasing. In households with incomes of more than $ 50,000, 70% of Alzheimer's carers have access to online nursing information over the past year. On the other hand, it is 43% for low-income households. More than 1 in 8 of Alzheimer's carers using the Internet for nursing-related purposes are reporting online inquiries about their condition and treatment about their loved ones (85%) . Six out of ten people (60%) are seeking information on recipient services, half (52%) are looking for information on nursing care facilities. A relatively small number (14%) of online information searching for supporting myself as a care giver

70% of caregivers are currently seeking technology to obtain individual resources and information according to their situation. That is why I co-founder Drew (he was a carer of his mother, a survivor of kidney cancer) and I am working on Yeva. Every caregiver can share knowledge and gain value from collective experience. Yeva allows us to share, read or listen to stories that serve as caregivers to validate our emotions and provide nursing best practices based on shared experiences. Then personalize these stories according to the specific circumstances of individual families.