Caregiver 411 National Award Winning Healthcare App

North Carolina A&T State University and the Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s Aging and Community Health announces the National Launch of Award-Winning Caregiver 411 App

A team from the Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s Aging and Community Health (COAACH) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University won third place in the Improving Care for People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Using Technology (iCare-AD/ADRD) Challenge.

The COAACH team’s prototype application allows family members and long-distance caregivers to stay informed and connected in real-time through a private chatroom and offers a feature for users to send audio or text messages. Additionally, the application provides access to a resource center that gives caregivers and loved ones the ability to ask experts questions about topics including legal assistance and financial planning.

The challenge is National Institutes of Health’s first Eureka prize competition, which was included in the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act. The Eureka competition is designated for biomedical science that could realize significant advancements and/or improve health outcomes in diseases and conditions that have a disproportionately small research investment relative to expenses for prevention and treatment, represent a serious and significant disease burden, or for which there is potential for significant return on investment. Please visit www.coaach.org for more detailed information about this groundbreaking APP designed to support Healthy Aging for All Communities.