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, Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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