Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78623, first published .
Home-Based Digital Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for Rural African American People With Alzheimer Disease and Their Care Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Home-Based Digital Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for Rural African American People With Alzheimer Disease and Their Care Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Home-Based Digital Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for Rural African American People With Alzheimer Disease and Their Care Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Otis Owens   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Rahul Ghosal   2 , MStat, PhD ;   Zachary Beattie   3 , PhD ;   Jeffrey Kaye   3 , MD ;   JiaJia Zhang   2 , MSc, PhD ;   Nora Mattek   4 , MPH ;   Joel Steele   5 , MA, PhD ;   Thomas Riley   4 , BA ;   Nicole Sharma   4 , BA ;   Larry Frye   6 , MBA ;   Leonardo Bonilha   7 , MD, PhD ;   Sue Levkoff   1 , MSW, SM, ScD

1 College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

3 Department of Neurology, The Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States

4 The Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States

5 School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States

6 Life Analytics, Incorporated, Woodside, CA, United States

7 Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Otis Owens, MPH, PhD
  • College of Social Work
  • University of South Carolina
  • 1512 Pendelton Street, Columbia SC 29208
  • Columbia, SC 29229
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 8037770384
  • Email: owenso@mailbox.sc.edu