Evaluation of the Adoption and the Validity and Reliability of the Dementia Observation System (DObs) Web Application in Long-Term Care

Most behaviour assessment tools used in long-term care (LTC) involve retrospective reports. These assessments are prone to errors in recall and provide little opportunity to identify the context of behaviours. Furthermore, these assessments are often underused, prone to incomplete and inaccurate data collection, and the results can be difficult to analyze. To address these problems, we developed a Dementia Observations (DObs) mobile application for direct observation of behaviour symptoms. Direct observation of behaviour provides more detail about the frequency, duration, precipitants, and patterns.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Source Type: research