Technology to Support Older Adults' Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

Saturday, November 5, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: 203 CC

CE: 1.5

Chair(s)

Walter Boot, PhD, FGSA

Professor
Department of Psychology
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

Renato Ferreira Leitao Azevedo, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States
Soonhyung Kwon, MSW

Doctoral Student
School of Social Work
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States
Yan Du, PhD, MPH, RN

Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States
FJ

Felipe Jain, MD

Director of Healthy Aging Studies
Psychiatry
Depression Clinical Research Program / Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Technology has revolutionized the ability to deliver interventions to support older adults’ health, safety, and wellbeing, and technology-based solutions have become increasingly important in the delivery of remote care during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these interventions and novel approaches require a careful understanding of older adults’ needs, preferences, and abilities, and need to undergo tests of feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy. This session will present a sampling of research examining the development, testing, and implementation of technology-based solutions to support older adults. R. Azevedo will present on the development of a novel digital therapeutic for the self-management of hypertension medication adherence among older adults. S. Kwon will present on the initial efficacy of an app-based mindfulness-meditation intervention to alleviate stress and depressive symptoms among bereaved older adults. Y. Du will discuss the use of a commercial fitness tracker to facilitate activity self-monitoring among overweight diabetic older adults with and without kidney disease. S. Dimmick will discuss the development of a novel augmented reality (AR) safety checklist to reduce fall risk among older adults. Finally, F. Jain will present on the development of a new mobile application platform to meet the needs of family dementia caregivers informed by focus groups and an inductive and deductive mixed method analytic approach. Themes of the necessity of a user-centered design approach in the development of technology-solutions will be emphasized.

Learning Objectives:

After this session, participants will be able to describe multiple way in which technology can boost older adults' health, safety, and wellbeing.
After this session, participants will be able to describe methods through which technology-based solutions can be tested for usability, acceptability, and efficacy.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

A Transdisciplinary Team Approach to Technology Development to Support Health and Well-Being
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Renato Ferreira Leitao Azevedo, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Initial Efficacy of an App-Based Mindfulness Meditation for Bereaved Korean Older Adults During the Pandemic
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Soonhyung Kwon, MSW – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Self-Monitoring of Lifestyles for Disease Management in Overweight Diabetic Seniors with/Without Kidney Disease
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Yan Du, PhD, MPH, RN – UT Health San Antonio
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Mobile Intervention for Family Dementia Caregivers: From Focus Groups to Smartphone Platform
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Felipe A. Jain, MD – Depression Clinical Research Program / Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School