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

7 citations · 18 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cs.HC2026

Risk and Refusal: Mechanisms of LLM Responses to Suicidal Ideation

Drishti Goel, Soorya Ram Shimgekar, Jeongah Lee +4

Refusal is a common safety mechanism in large language models (LLMs), yet in contexts of suicidal ideation (SI), refusing to engage can itself constitute a safety failure. We evalu…

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

E3Sense: Head-Confined Multimodal Sensing of Learner Engagement

Sidharth Anupkrishnan, Itir Sayar, Jeongah Lee +5

Engagement-aware learning systems could provide hints or adjust pacing when learners struggle. Prior engagement sensing work distributes sensors across or outside the body rather t…

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

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…

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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…

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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.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.HC2024★ 5 cited

Exploring the Role of LLMs for Supporting Older Adults: Opportunities and Concerns

Sidharth Kaliappan, Abhay Sheel Anand, Koustuv Saha +1

We explore some of the existing research in HCI around technology for older adults and examine the role of LLMs in enhancing it. We also discuss the digital divide and emphasize th…