Technology-Based Interventions and Assessment for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Location: 126 CC

CE: 1.5

Chair(s)

JP

JuYoung Park, PhD

Professor
Social Work
Florida Atlantic University College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Co-Chair(s)

Lillian Hung, PhD

Assistant Professor
Nursing
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

JP

JuYoung Park, PhD

Professor
Social Work
Florida Atlantic University College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Lillian Hung, PhD

Assistant Professor
Nursing
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
HL

Hannah Levine, BS

Medical Student
College of Medicine, Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at FAU Medicine
Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Boca Raton, Florida, United States

During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults with cognitive impairment experienced social isolation, stress, and challenges to stay healthy at home or in a long-term care facility. Technology-based interventions and assessment can be valuable in managing dementia at home before a crisis situation occurs, which can lessen caregiver burden and stress and improve quality of life for older adults with cognitive impairment. In the symposium, specific technology-based interventions (telepresence robot, online chair yoga, exergames, virtual cycling, video-conferencing platforms) and assessment (IOM2 biofeedback device) were used for older adults with cognitive impairment. We cultivated a novel interdisciplinary approach to emerging clinical entities of technology-based intervention and assessment for older adults with cognitive impairment. In the symposium, we will present a variety of technology-based clinical interventions. Our first study explored the experiences of virtual family visits in four Canadian long-term care homes, using a telepresence robot. Online survey, interviews, focus groups, and observations were conducted to explore the experience. The second study assessed feasibility of a remotely supervised online chair yoga (CY) intervention for older adults with dementia in Florida and explored the preliminary effects of CY on psychosocial outcomes in this population. The third study evaluated the ease of use and quality of cardiac data using IOM2 biofeedback device for older adults with dementia. Cardiac rhythms were analyzed from pulse data measured using the IOM2 biofeedback device (UNYTE). The fourth study was a scoping review to analyze evidence about online group-based exercise programs.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this session, the audience will identify technology-based interventions and assessment to manage dementia symptoms in older adults with cognitive impairment who were socially isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After attending this session, the audience will demonstrate how technology-based assessment and interventions are effective for community-based older adults with cognitive impairment to manage symptoms associated with cognitive impairment.

Presentations:

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Feasibility of Remotely Supervised Online Chair Yoga Intervention for Older Adults with Dementia
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: JuYoung Park, PhD – Florida Atlantic University College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Using Telepresence Robots to Support Family Virtual Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Lillian Hung, PhD – University of British Columbia
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Technology and Group Exercise Interventions for People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Hannah Levine, BS – Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine