• Daniel David, Shih-Yin Lin, Lisa L Groom, Ariel Ford, and Abraham A Brody.
• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: dd119@nyu.edu.
• J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Jan 1; 63 (1): e37e45e37-e45.

ContextEvaluation of usability and mobile health content is critical for ensuring effective implementation of technology utilizing interventions tailored to the needs of hospice care providers for people living with dementia in community-based settings.ObjectivesTo evaluate the usability, content, and "readiness to launch" of the Aliviado mobile health app for interdisciplinary team members participating in the Hospice Advanced Dementia Symptom Management and Quality of Life.MethodsUsability of the Aliviado app was assessed in 86 respondents with an adapted IBM Computer Usability Satisfaction Questionnaire following Hospice Advanced Dementia Symptom Management and Quality of Life training and implementation of the mobile app.ResultsMore than half of users receiving training employed the mobile app in practice. Users reported use as: Daily-6.3%, Weekly-39.6%, monthly-54.2%. The highest measured attributes were usefulness, value, and effectiveness. Over 90% deemed the app "ready to launch" with no or minimal problems.ConclusionThis study shows that a newly-developed mobile app is usable and can be successfully adopted for care of people living with dementia.Copyright © 2021 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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