Personalized Knowledge Transfer for Caregiving Relatives

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018:247:780-784.

Abstract

Caregiving relatives have to manage very diverse tasks and need a lot of care-relevant knowledge. For most of them it is not easy to find the knowledge required. Thus, a personalized knowledge transfer for caregiving relatives is necessary. Against this background, methods to determine the personal relevance and importance of knowledge resources for caregiving relatives are developed. To evaluate these methods, an exemplary fictitious person is created by experts in Nursing Science. In this evaluation, the approach's results are compared with an expert opinion. The approach indicates that a personalized knowledge transfer is possible, providing caregiving relatives with necessary care knowledge according to their personal life situation.

Keywords: Informal Care; Knowledge Transfer; Learning.

MeSH terms

  • Caregivers*
  • Humans
  • Knowledge Bases*