TY - GEN
T1 - A Panel Discussion on Human Factors Considerations for Persons Aging-in-Place with Disability
AU - Beer, Jenay M.
AU - Rogers, Wendy A.
AU - Sanford, Jon A.
AU - Remillard, Elena T.
AU - Phillips, Carolyn
AU - Campbell, Margaret
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, SAGE Publications Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Persons with disability are living longer and are at risk of experiencing greater disability as a result of additional age-related declines. These individuals, “aging with disability”, could benefit greatly from technology supports – if such supports are designed and developed with their capabilities and limitations in mind. To ensure technology interventions meet user requirements, it is important to identify and implement human factors considerations. This panel brings together leaders at the intersection of aging and disability research, who are members of TechSAge (Rehabilitation and Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities) – a multi-site, multi-disciplinary research collaboration aiming to understand the complex interaction between age-related changes and disability when designing and developing technology interventions. Specifically, the panel will address four overarching themes, integral to the success of TechSAge: (1) understanding user needs; (2) innovative environmental supports; (3) translational technology interventions; and (4) closing the gap between research and practice. This discussion will highlight the substantial research in the fields of aging and disability, yet emphasize the importance of bridging the gap between these two fields. Human factors, in particular, has potential to contribute much to this area of study, with the potential to improve the lives of older adults with disability wishing to remain longer in their homes of choice.
AB - Persons with disability are living longer and are at risk of experiencing greater disability as a result of additional age-related declines. These individuals, “aging with disability”, could benefit greatly from technology supports – if such supports are designed and developed with their capabilities and limitations in mind. To ensure technology interventions meet user requirements, it is important to identify and implement human factors considerations. This panel brings together leaders at the intersection of aging and disability research, who are members of TechSAge (Rehabilitation and Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities) – a multi-site, multi-disciplinary research collaboration aiming to understand the complex interaction between age-related changes and disability when designing and developing technology interventions. Specifically, the panel will address four overarching themes, integral to the success of TechSAge: (1) understanding user needs; (2) innovative environmental supports; (3) translational technology interventions; and (4) closing the gap between research and practice. This discussion will highlight the substantial research in the fields of aging and disability, yet emphasize the importance of bridging the gap between these two fields. Human factors, in particular, has potential to contribute much to this area of study, with the potential to improve the lives of older adults with disability wishing to remain longer in their homes of choice.
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U2 - 10.1177/1071181319631370
DO - 10.1177/1071181319631370
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85149077825
SN - 9781713810407
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
PB - SAGE Publishing
T2 - 63rd International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2019
Y2 - 28 October 2019 through 1 November 2019
ER -