A VIRTUAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR ASIAN FAMILY - CAREGIVERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER’S - PRACTICAL CHALLENGES

Sep 28, 2026

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Innovation in Aging 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 839 focuses on the critical need to understand practical challenges when implementing a culturally tailored virtual support program for Asian American women family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The presentation describes an ongoing parent study developing and preliminarily evaluating a program to improve health outcomes, with recruitment, implementation, and data collection in progress. Team research diaries were analyzed via basic content analysis, yielding four key challenges: engagement loss from dropouts and non-response, difficulty building rapport when participants seek only information, demand for more specialized professional services, and reluctance to share emotional struggles.

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Practical Challenges in Implementing a Virtual Support Program

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Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 839 critical need to understand the practical challenges in implementing such programs for Asian American women family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. This presentation discusses the practical challenges identified in a culturally tailored virtual support program for Asian American women family caregivers. The ongoing parent study aims to develop and preliminary evaluate a virtual support program in improving the health outcomes of Asian American women family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The participant recruitment, program implementation, and data collection are in progress. Individual team members’ research diaries documented key challenges, which were analyzed using basic content analysis. Four major challenges emerged: (a) maintaining engagement was challenging due to dropouts and non-responsiveness; (b) some participants primarily focused on obtaining information only, making it challenging to establish rapport and fully achieve the program goal of providing culturally tailored coaching and support; (c) some caregivers sought more specialized services, looking for professional institutions services; and (d) participants hesitated to share struggles, often withholding emotional or personal difficulties. These findings highlight key challenges in implementing a culturally tailored virtual support program among Asian American women caregivers. Addressing these challenges will be crucial in improving future virtual support programs for this population. Abstract citation ID: igaf122.2844 A VIRTUAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR ASIAN FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER’S: PRACTICAL CHALLENGES Seulgi Ryu1, Dongmi Kim1, Wonshik Chee2, and Eun-Ok Im2, 1. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States, 2. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States The number of web-based virtual support programs supporting caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease has grown significantly. Several studies have examined challenges in implementing culturally tailored virtual support programs for racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S. However, there remains a

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What is the purpose of the study described in the presentation?

It aims to develop and preliminarily evaluate a culturally tailored virtual support program to improve health outcomes for Asian American women family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

How is the program being implemented and studied?

Participant recruitment, program implementation, and data collection are currently in progress, and team members’ research diaries are analyzed using basic content analysis.

What were the four major practical challenges identified?

Maintaining engagement was difficult due to dropouts and non-responsiveness; some participants focused only on information; some caregivers wanted more specialized professional services; and participants hesitated to share emotional or personal struggles.

Sep 28, 2026

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