Category: Uncategorized

Recruitment Contact:
Lizzy Lydon, elydon2@illinois.edu

ENACT is a longitudinal needs assessment investigating challenges older adults with cognitive disabilities experience in their everyday lives; areas of and preferences for support; and current use of technology applications.  In the ENACT study, we will interview older adults with traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, or post-stroke cognitive impairment. The perspectives of their care partners will also be assessed to understand these needs, challenges, and support preferences.  This is a longitudinal study and participants will be re-interviewed one year later to understand how/if their needs have changed.

Recruitment Contact:
Elena Remillard, elena.remillard@design.gatech.edu

The purpose of this study is to explore the challenges adults with long-term disability have with everyday activities as they age. We are focusing on three subgroups of older adults with long-term disabilities, including 1) late-deafened, 2) vision impairment (macular degeneration or glaucoma), and 3) multiple sclerosis.

The study is comprised of two parts: 1) questionnaires and 2) interview.

Questionnaires will assess key background information on participants, (e.g., demographics, health, sensory and physical abilities, group-specific information).

The interview will prompt participants to share insights about their everyday challenges with daily living activities as well as their strategies for managing those challenges.

This project will provide the groundwork to guide new research and design of new smart technologies to support people aging-in-place with long-term disabilities.

Recruitment Contact:
Maurita Harris, maurita2@illinois.edu

The aim of this survey is to understand the usage of smart home and digital health devices by identifying the facilitators and barriers that influence the successful deployment and integration into older adults’ everyday activities.