<i>Things Are Changing so Fast:</i>Integrative Technology for Preserving Cognitive Health and Community History

Croff, Raina; Witter, Phelps; Walker, Miya L; Francois, Edline; Quinn, Charlie; Riley, Thomas; Sharma, Nicole; Kaye, Jeffrey

doi:10.1093/geront/gny069

Cited by 22 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 39 publications

(38 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The SHARP (Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo Imaging) Project was designed to create a walking application that older adults perceived as useful, easy, and relevant to intervention tasks and to fulfill the community priority of history preservation rather than as a strategy to improve recruitment 52 . Furthermore, it modeled positive ways to engage the African American community in research in a community‐focused manner.…”

Section: Improvement Strategies For African American Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective on the “African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies” workshop, 2018

Denny¹,

Streitz²,

Stock

et al. 2020

Alzheimer's & Dementia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

to address a major limitation of the ongoing scientific progress regarding Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD): participants in most ADRD research programs overwhelmingly have been limited to non-Hispanic white persons, thus precluding knowledge as to how ADRD may be represented in nonwhite individuals. Factors that may contribute to successful recruitment and retention of African Americans into ADRD research were discussed and organized into actionable next steps as described within this report.

show abstract

Section: Improvement Strategies For African American Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective on the “African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies” workshop, 2018

Denny¹,

Streitz²,

Stock

et al. 2020

Alzheimer's & Dementia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Research on technology and aging is growing (Pruchno, 2019), with some studies considering tools and interventions for social connectivity and reduced loneliness (Czaja, Boot, Rogers, Charniss, & Sharit, 2018), well-being (Pu, Moyle, Jones, & Todorovic, 2019), and physical, social, and cognitive activity (Croff, 2019). Inspired by these initiatives, we propose Photo-Integrated Conversation moderated by a Robot (PICMOR), which contains two key technologies: (i) a group conversation support method called Coimagination (Otake, Kato, Takagi, & Asama, 2011; Otake-Matsuura, 2018), in which each participant is allocated an equal amount of time for talking, listening, and question & answer time, and prepares topics and takes photos beforehand according to sessional themes; and (ii) a robot that measures each participant’s speech and supports turn-taking on that basis during the discussion phase of the intervention (Yamaguchi, Ota, & Otake, 2012).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Photo-Integrated Conversation Moderated by Robots for Cognitive Health in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Otake-Matsuura

Tokunaga

Watanabe

et al. 2019

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background and Objectives: Social interaction might prevent or delay dementia, but little is known about the specific effects of various social activity interventions on cognition. This study conducted a single-site randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Photo-Integrated Conversation moderated by a Robot (PICMOR), a group conversation intervention program for resilience against cognitive decline and dementia. Research Design and Methods: In the RCT, PICMOR was compared to an unstructured group conversation condition. Sixty-five community-living older adults participated in this study. The intervention was provided once a week for 12 weeks. Primary outcome measures were the cognitive functions; process outcome measures included the linguistic characteristics of speech to estimate interaction quality. Baseline and post-intervention data were collected. PICMOR contains two key features: (i) photos taken by the participants are displayed and discussed sequentially; and (ii) a robotic moderator manages turn-taking to make sure that participants are allocated the same amount of time. Results: Among the primary outcome measures (i.e., cognitive functions), verbal fluency significantly improved in the intervention group. Among the process outcome measures (i.e., linguistic characteristics of speech), the amount of speech and richness of words were larger for the intervention group. Discussion and Implications: This study demonstrated for the first time the positive effects of a robotic social activity intervention on cognitive function in healthy older adults via RCT. The group conversation generated by PICMOR may improve participants cognitive function controlling the amount of speech produced to make it equal. PICMOR is available and accessible to community-living older adults.

show abstract

“…The games are short, culture-free, and unbiased instruments for improving cognitive functions and can be scaled in difficulty to ensure motivation stays high regardless of education level. For the training component, integrating the cultural aspect into the games increases users' involvement and participation (39).…”

Section: Problems To Solvementioning

confidence: 99%

Can Mobile Technology Help Prevent the Burden of Dementia in Low- and Mid-Income Countries?

Bonnechère

Sahakian

2020

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Things Are Changing so Fast:Integrative Technology for Preserving Cognitive Health and Community History

Abstract: We offer applicable considerations for brain health technology design, implementation, and deliverables that integrate modalities, age, and cultural relevance, and individual and community benefit for more meaningful, and thus more motivated community engagement.

Cited by 22 publications

References 39 publications

Perspective on the “African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies” workshop, 2018

Perspective on the “African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies” workshop, 2018

Photo-Integrated Conversation Moderated by Robots for Cognitive Health in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Can Mobile Technology Help Prevent the Burden of Dementia in Low- and Mid-Income Countries?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About