Project 3: Technology Tools for Cognitive Support for Health Management Activities for Aging Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment
Overview
The current focus is on determining the needs and challenges encountered by older adults in each of the domains and assessing currently available tools. Our approach will include specification of support needs from subject matter experts, structured interviews with older adults, task analysis, human factors evaluation, archival data sets from our partners, and behavioral observations of older adults performing realistic tasks.
Our aims include understanding the cognitive demands, facilitators, and individual difference predictors of decision-making challenges in healthcare-management activities. We will also evaluate, with a diverse sample of older adults including those with mild cognitive impairment and lower socioeconomic status, the usability, acceptability, and efficacy of the digital assistant tools to support these activities.
Principal Investigators
Sara J. Czaja, Ph.D.
Walter R. Boot, Ph.D.
Neil Charness, Ph.D.
Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D.
Joseph Sharit, Ph.D.
Key Personnel
Hye Soo Lee, Ph.D.
Daniel Llano, M.D., Ph.D.
David Loewenstein, Ph.D.
Raksha Mudar, Ph.D.
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Lisa Ravdin, Ph.D.
Emily Rogalski, Ph.D.
Ramavarapu Sreenivas, Ph.D.
Helena Costantini, B.S.
Jillian Fanning
Mario Hernández, M.S.
Emily Langston, B.S.
Hannah Mason, B.S.
