Caring Near and Far by Connecting Community-Based Clients and Family Member/Friend Caregivers Using Passive Remote Monitoring: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Lorie Donelle ¹, RN, PhD; Sandra Regan ¹, RN, PhD; Michael Kerr ¹, MSc, PhD; Merrick Zwarenstein ², MSc, PhD; Michael Bauer ³, MSc, PhD; Grace Warner ⁴, MSc, PhD; Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai ⁵, PhD; Aleksandra Zecevic ⁶, MSc, PhD; Elizabeth Borycki ⁷, MN, PhD; Dorothy Forbes ⁸, RN, PhD; Lori Weeks ⁹, PhD; Bev Leipert ¹, RN, PhD; Emily Read ¹⁰, RN, CPT, PhD

¹ Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University , London, ON, CA

² Department of Family Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University , London, ON, CA

³ Department of Computer Science, Western University , London, ON, CA

⁴ School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University , Halifax, NS, CA

⁵ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON, CA

⁶ School of Health Studies, Western University , London, ON, CA

⁷ School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria , Victoria, BC, CA

⁸ Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB, CA

⁹ School of Nursing, Dalhousie University , Halifax, NS, CA

¹⁰ Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick , Fredericton, NB, CA

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