Engaging Method and Analysis to Discover and Reimagine Possibilities for Individuals Aging with and into Disability

Thursday, November 3, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: 244 CC

CE: 1.5

Chair(s)

Kelly Munly, PhD

Assistant Professor of HDFS
Human Development and Family Studies
Penn State - Altoona
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States

Co-Chair(s)

Ted Ng, PhD

Assistant Professor
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation &Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Discussant(s)

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Lieke van Heumen, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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Michelle Putnam, PhD

Interim Director, Professor, Jennifer Eckert Endowed Chair in SW, School of Social Work
School of Social Work
Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jessica Hoyle, MMT

PhD Candidate
Public Health Sciences
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Tai-Te Su, MS

Doctoral Student
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Julia Finan

PhD Student
Sociology
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York, United States
Madina Khamzina, MPH

Graduate Research Assistant
Community Health
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Champaign, Illinois, United States

This symposium engages diverse methods and analyses to discover and reimagine possibilities for individuals aging with and into disability. The presentations advance an understanding of the diversity of service/care needs as well as of social capital, with exploration into assistive technologies, educational attainment, and assessment of successful aging. In the first presentation, the authors delineate key informant interview data identifying capacity-building needs in professional skills, organizational operations, service/care models, and public policies to effectively serve older adults aging with and into disability. The second presentation offers a content analysis of how researchers conceptualize, measure, and apply social capital to developmental disability throughout the life course, reviewing peer-reviewed articles from 5 disciplines, across more than 20 years. In the third presentation, using National Health and Aging Trends Study data, the authors investigate the longitudinal associations between disabilities, assistive technologies, and subjective well-being among older adults. In the fourth presentation, the author uses multivariate regression analysis to analyze National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, building on prior research analyzing the association between educational attainment and the perceived need for future help with activities of daily living (ADLs), often measuring disability in the literature. In the fifth and final presentation, the authors use the National Health & Aging Trends Study data to understand successful aging from the perspectives of those who experience disability, integrating subjective components of self-rated health and well-being, and providing insights on subjective perceptions on successful aging among older adults with disabilities.

Learning Objectives:

Describe opportunities to engage diverse methods and forms of analysis in understanding service needs, social capital, and successful aging among individuals aging with and into disabilities.
Understand opportunities to analyze existing datasets, as well as opportunities for new data collection, in understanding service needs, social capital, and successful aging among individuals aging with and into disabilities.
Gain a general knowledge about the intersection of aging and disability, as well as understand aging with and into disability from different disciplinary perspectives and methodologies.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

That's What Friends Are for: Social Capital, Developmental Disability, and the Life Course
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jessica N. Hoyle, MMT – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Using Assistive Technologies as a Measure to Support Well-Being in Late-Life Disabilities
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Tai-Te Su, MS – The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Education and Perceived Future Need for ADL Help
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Julia M. Finan – Syracuse University
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Conceptualizing Successful Aging in the Presence of Disability
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Madina Khamzina, MPH – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign