Closing the Capacity-Ability Gap: Using Technology to Support Aging With Disability

Mitzner, Tracy L.; Sanford, Jon; Rogers, Wendy A.

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Closing the Capacity-Ability Gap: Using Technology to Support Aging With Disability

dc.contributor.author	Mitzner, Tracy L.
dc.contributor.author	Sanford, Jon
dc.contributor.author	Rogers, Wendy A.
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Department of Kinesiology and Community Health	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-03T17:53:04Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-03T17:53:04Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	There is a critical need to develop supports for older adults who have a wide range of abilities, including those aging with long-term impairments. Without appropriate support, many individuals will be functioning below optimal levels and will face participation barriers. Technology holds great promise to provide individualized support for a wide range of abilities and for a variety of domains. To ensure technology interventions are designed well and meet research-documented user requirements, we need more specific, actionable models to provide guidance for those developing and designing interventions. In this paper, we present the TechSAge Aging and Disability Model to bridge models from the aging and disability literatures and to disambiguate the population of individuals aging into disability from those aging with disability (i.e., pre-existing impairments). We also present the TechSAge Technology Intervention Model to support aging with pre-existing impairments, which provides direction and touch points for technology interventions. These models reflect the complex and dynamic interaction between age-related changes and an individual’s prior capabilities and limitations. We describe the need for these models with respect to filling a gap in the disability and aging literature by highlighting the importance of differentiating between age-related changes and long-term impairments when designing interventions. We also show the need for quantitative and qualitative data to refine the models given complexities of the current state of the literature and survey data. The TechSAge Technology Intervention Model can be used to drive and inform technology redesign and development.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Mitzner, T. L., Sanford, J. A., & Rogers, W. A. (2018). Closing the capacity-ability gap: Using technology to support aging with disability. Innovation in Aging, 2(1), 1–8. doi:10.1093/geroni/igy008	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy008	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61483
dc.publisher	Gerontological Society of America	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	Aging with disabilities	en_US
dc.subject	Age-related decline	en_US
dc.subject	Intervention	en_US
dc.subject	Successful aging	en_US
dc.subject	Assistive technology	en_US
dc.title	Closing the Capacity-Ability Gap: Using Technology to Support Aging With Disability	en_US
dspace.entity.type	Publication
local.contributor.corporatename	Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities
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