An Evaluation of Self-Care and Caregiving Training Curriculum Content for Chinese Immigrant Caregivers: A Participatory Design Approach.

Immigrant caregivers face unique difficulties in self-care and caregiving practices in the United States. Our aim was to conduct an evaluation of the content of a training curriculum app designed for Chinese immigrant caregivers based on the Body-Mind-Spirit model. An app prototype was developed, and a sample content was examined by prospective users accessing it on their smartphones. Using a participatory design approach, 22 in-depth interviews were conducted with Chinese immigrant caregivers in Los Angeles in 2019, and feedback for spirituality content was sought from an independent expert. Caregivers provided feedback for three self-care categories-body, mind, and community resources-and two caregiving content categories-knowledge and skills, and community resources. From this feedback, five areas for designing training curriculum content emerged: caregiving stress, lifestyle and health behavior change, access to community resources, death education and end-of-life care, and spiritual care.