Connecting Audio and Radio Sensing Systems to Improve Care at Home

Inclusion Criteria

Phase I: The investigators will only be recruiting patients for this phase

Patients must:

• have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent;

• have had an ostomy with curative intent for at least 90 days;

• be able to read and speak English;

• be 18 years or older;

Phase II: The investigators will be recruiting patients and caregivers as a dyad for this phase

• Patients must:

• have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent;

• be within one month of hospital discharge of a newly created ostomy with curative intent;

• be able to read and speak English;

• be 18 years or older;

• have a caregiver who is willing to participate in the study;

• Caregivers must:

• be 18 years or older;

• be able to read and speak English;

• be identified as the primary caregiver by the patient;

• have not themselves been diagnosed with cancer or received cancer treatment during the study (to ensure that patients and caregivers focus their efforts on care of the patient).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they:

• are unable to read, speak, or understand English;

• have more than one type of ostomy;

• have other cancer diagnosis (excluding non-melanomatous skin cancer); or

• have cognitive impairment (assessed by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire).