Category: Consortia

Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement

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CREATE is a multidisciplinary and collaborative center founded in 1999. It is dedicated to ensure that the benefits of technology can be realized by older adults to support and enhance the independence, productivity, health, safety, social connectedness and quality of life of older people.

The center strives to develop and evaluate interventions and design solutions to promote successful technology adoption among older adults.

CREATE represents a consortium of five universities

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Weill Cornell University
• University of Miami
• Florida State University
• Georgia Institute of Technology

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The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) is focused on development, evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies that will transform the aging experience. As an international coalition of more than 400 technology companies, aging-services organizations, businesses, research universities and government representatives, CAST works under the auspices of LeadingAge, an association of 5,500 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to expanding the world of possibilities for aging.

CAST Mission

LeadingAge CAST’s mission is to unleash the potential of technology for innovative development across the continuum of health care, housing and services for the aging in order to:

• Help older adults maximize their independence.
• Support the needs of professional and family caregivers.
• Improve quality of care and quality of life.
• Reduce our nation’s health care costs.
• Increase aging services provider efficiency.

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The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) is focused on development, evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies that will transform the aging experience. As an international coalition of more than 400 technology companies, aging-services organizations, businesses, research universities and government representatives, CAST works under the auspices of LeadingAge, an association of 5,500 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to expanding the world of possibilities for aging.

CAST Mission

LeadingAge CAST’s mission is to unleash the potential of technology for innovative development across the continuum of health care, housing and services for the aging in order to:

• Help older adults maximize their independence.
• Support the needs of professional and family caregivers.
• Improve quality of care and quality of life.
• Reduce our nation’s health care costs.
• Increase aging services provider efficiency.

RERC on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities (RERC TechSAge) is a collaborative grant center based at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Founded in 2013, TechSAge features multidisciplinary research, development, and training projects that are dedicated to understanding the needs of, and developing supportive technologies for, people aging with long-term disabilities. This center is supported by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

Join the TechSAge RERC Participant Registry to Get Involved in our Research

TechSAge RERC conducts a variety of research studies that focus on understanding the needs and developing supportive technologies for older adults with a range of abilities and disabilities. We maintain a registry of names of people who are interested in being contacted about research studies. Opportunities include surveys, focus groups, interviews, and technology evaluations. Depending on the study, you may be able to participate on the phone, online, on campus, at your home, or in other locations. Compensation varies by study.

Interested in joining?  We need to ask you a few questions about yourself to see which studies you might be eligible for and match your interests with our researchers. Question topics include contact information, demographics, technology use, health, and sensory and mobility capabilities. This information is for screening purposes only and will not be shared with anyone outside of our research team.

You can complete the brief survey (5-10 minutes) online here: TechSAge Participant Registry Survey

For more information, contact the Registry Coordinator: (217-244-2866) TechSAge-registry@illinois.edu

This Registry is maintained by TechSAge and has been approved by the Institution Review Boards at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IRB# 20662) and Georgia Institute of Technology (IRB# H20190).

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ENHANCE Overview:

Cognitive impairment refers to changes in cognition that result in difficulties remembering, learning new things, concentrating, making decisions important to everyday life, responding to environmental demands, or understanding social cues, and these difficulties can result in significant disability (limiting one or more major life activities).

The ENHANCE Center represents a consortium of three institutions (Weill Cornell Medicine, Florida State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). The focus of ENHANCE is on developing novel technology solutions to help older adults living with a cognitive impairment live independently.

Target populations of the ENHANCE Center are:

• Older adults living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
• Older adults living with cognitive impairment due to traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Older adults living with cognitive impairment due to stroke

ENHANCE is a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR; grant number #90REGE0012-01-00).