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| Independence is key to quality living. |
Quality living is independent living. The ability to live in your own home and manage your own affairs is a lifelong desire. AgeLab researchers are seeking to use available and up-and-coming technologies to envision novel devices and services that enable people to live more independently in the home for the lifespan. However, for some, living alone or without support may not be possible. Sandwiched between children and older parents are aging boomers who now seek strategies to provide care to parents who may live down the road or across the country. |
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BEYOND PENSIONS
Retirement has been defined as pension planning and retirement. However, there is much more to living independently for a lifetime. AgeLab researchers are now examining how 50+ adults plan for their and their parents needs in retirement that are beyond traditional planning; for example, services to clean one’s house, provide routine maintenance, as well as later life issues such as home health care, long-term care and funeral planning. Together with EDS and AARP, AgeLab researchers, including psychologists and financial gerontologists, are seeking to better understand how older adults and their children plan for a future of independent living and caregiving.
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INTELLIGENT ADAPTIVE DEVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
AgeLab researchers are building assistive devices to deliver personal information, basic health care, support and critical assistance for older adults and people living with a degenerative condition. Employing a combination of state-of-the-art technologies, these devices are being designed to be user-friendly, so even those with limited amounts of technology skills can benefit from their design in their own home.
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CAREGIVING AND HOME DELIVERY
Home delivery is both old and new. Once a commonplace service, home delivery disappeared with an increasingly mobile society. The Internet gave new promise to web services and home delivery of medicine, foods and other shopping that might cater to both convenience and older adults that have difficulty leaving home. However, Internet home delivery has not been a great success. AgeLab researchers are now looking at the convergence of technologies in the home, the food and retail supply chain, and how the retail shelf may be extended to the home seamlessly to help both homebound older adults and caregivers.
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| AgeLab conducts surveys to understand the behavior of older adults. |
AGING IN-PLACE OR AGING-IN-NO-PLACE
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