most citedBalancing Caregiving and Self-Care: Exploring Mental Health Needs of Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers

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19 papers

cs.HC2026

Beyond Counting Blessings: Tracing the Evolution of Gratitude Practices and Technology Needs

Joy Qiuyue Zhong, Jeongah Lee, Drishti Goel +4

Gratitude technologies support well-being by prompting reflection on what people appreciate. But gratitude does not serve the same purpose in every circumstance: as life situations…

cs.HC2026

Can LLMs identify and repair ruptures? Comparison between clinician practices and LLM behaviors

Jeongah Lee, Joy Qiuyue Zhong, Drishti Goel +4

Ruptures represent common albeit critical moments in interaction where relational alignment breaks down, making them essential for evaluating AI where trust and engagement matter m…

cs.HC2026

CareMirror: Bringing Caregiver Wellbeing into the Dementia Care Ecosystem

Jiayue Melissa Shi, Ethan Nguyen, Drishti Goel +7

Family caregivers of people living with dementia shoulder emotional and practical responsibilities, yet their own wellbeing often remains peripheral to dementia care. We built Care…

cs.HC2026

Personalizing Personal Health Interfaces: Co-Design with Generative AI

Karthik S. Bhat, Vidhi Shah, Vedika Agnihotri +2

Personal health interfaces present wellbeing data through standardized dashboards that rarely fit how people interpret or act on it. Personalizing them to what people would like to…

cs.HC2026

PeerPen: AI-Assisted Writing for Online Mental Health Peer Support

Jiwon Kim, Sherry Gong, Maya Ajit +5

Online mental health communities thrive on peer support, yet those who volunteer to help often lack formal training and may struggle to articulate supportive responses. AI co-writi…

cs.HC2026

When AI Says "I have been in similar situations": Synthetic Lived Experience in Peer-Like Caregiver Support

Drishti Goel, Agam Goyal, Veda Duddu +6

Caregivers often turn to online communities for informational and emotional support. In these spaces, peer supporters frequently draw on personal narratives to respond to emotional…

cs.HC2026

Inform, Coach, Relate, Listen: Auditing LLM Caregiving Support Roles

Drishti Goel, Agam Goyal, Veda Duddu +8

Language models are increasingly being deployed for conversational support in informal caregiving contexts, where interactions often extend beyond information-seeking: caregivers s…

cs.HC2026

A Taxonomy of Mental Health and Technology Needs for Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers

Keran Wang, Drishti Goel, Jiayue Melissa Shi +5

Family members caring for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) provide the foundation of long-term care worldwide. In 2023, more than 11 million U.S…

cs.HC2026

Journeys of Parents with LGBTQ+ Children: How Trauma and Healing Reshape Identity and (Mis)Informating Practices

Soonho Kwon, Dong Whi Yoo, Koustuv Saha +2

This study examines how parents of LGBTQ+ individuals in South Korea navigate the emotional rupture fueled by fear, isolation, and disorientation after learning their children's qu…

cs.HC2026

LLUMI: Improving LLM Writing Assistance for Mental Health Support with Online Community Feedback

Jiwon Kim, Maya Ajit, Sherry Gong +4

Large language models (LLMs) show promise in generating supportive responses for mental health queries, but improving their usefulness, empathy, and safety often requires substanti…

cs.HC2026

A Checklist for Trustworthy, Safe, and User-Friendly Mental Health Chatbots

Shreya Haran, Samiha Thatikonda, Dong Whi Yoo +1

Mental health concerns are rising globally, prompting increased reliance on technology to address the demand-supply gap in mental health services. In particular, mental health chat…

cs.HC2026★ 2 cited

Designing KRIYA: An AI Companion for Wellbeing Self-Reflection

Shanshan Zhu, Wenxuan Song, Jiayue Melissa Shi +3

Most personal wellbeing apps present summative dashboards of health and physical activity metrics, yet many users struggle to translate this information into meaningful understandi…

cs.HC2026

RubRIX: Rubric-Driven Risk Mitigation in Caregiver-AI Interactions

Drishti Goel, Jeongah Lee, Qiuyue Joy Zhong +5

Caregivers seeking AI-mediated support express complex needs---information-seeking, emotional validation, and distress cues---that warrant careful evaluation of response safety and…

cs.HC2026

PAIR-SAFE: A Paired-Agent Approach for Runtime Auditing and Refining AI-Mediated Mental Health Support

Jiwon Kim, Violeta J. Rodriguez, Dong Whi Yoo +2

LLMs are increasingly used for mental health support, yet they can produce responses that are overly directive, inconsistent, or clinically misaligned. Most risk mitigation approac…

cs.HC2025★ 1 cited

"In my defense, only three hours on Instagram": Designing Toward Digital Self-Awareness and Wellbeing

Karthik S. Bhat, Jiayue Melissa Shi, Wenxuan Song +2

Screen use pervades daily life, shaping work, leisure, and social connections while raising concerns for digital wellbeing. Yet, reducing screen time alone risks oversimplifying te…

cs.HC2025★ 6 cited

Mapping Caregiver Needs to AI Chatbot Design: Strengths and Gaps in Mental Health Support for Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers

Jiayue Melissa Shi, Dong Whi Yoo, Keran Wang +3

Family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (AD/ADRD) face significant emotional and logistical challenges that place them at heightened risk for…

cs.HC2025★ 7 cited

Balancing Caregiving and Self-Care: Exploring Mental Health Needs of Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers

Jiayue Melissa Shi, Keran Wang, Dong Whi Yoo +2

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) are progressive neurodegenerative conditions that impair memory, thought processes, and functioning. Family caregivers of indivi…

cs.HC2025★ 2 cited

AI Chatbots for Mental Health: Values and Harms from Lived Experiences of Depression

Dong Whi Yoo, Jiayue Melissa Shi, Violeta J. Rodriguez +1

Recent advancements in LLMs enable chatbots to interact with individuals on a range of queries, including sensitive mental health contexts. Despite uncertainties about their effect…

cs.HC2025★ 1 cited

Interpersonal Theory of Suicide as a Lens to Examine Suicidal Ideation in Online Spaces

Soorya Ram Shimgekar, Violeta J. Rodriguez, Paul A. Bloom +2

Suicide is a critical global public health issue, with millions experiencing suicidal ideation (SI) each year. Online spaces enable individuals to express SI and seek peer support.…