Supporting Care Partners' Well-Being With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots

Supporting Care Partners' Well-Being With AI Chatbots: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study

This study is being completed to test an AI therapy chatbot application called Earkick to see whether it is feasible and acceptable in supporting care partners who support individuals living with dementia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants need to be a care partner (informal caregiver) of an individual living with dementia
• Participant provides emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to the individual with dementia (per protocol)
• Participants indicate high levels of caregiver burden, confirmed using the 12-item Zarit Burden questionnaire (per protocol)
• Provide informed consent and read, speak, and understand English
• Have an Apple smartphone, tablet, or laptop, have access to the internet and text messages, and be willing to use this device as well as internet and text message access for the study, including downloading the AI chatbot app
• Be willing to complete all study assessments

Exclusion Criteria:

• Professional, paid caregivers
• Anything that would preclude safe or meaningful participation in the study