1 Annual Report for Period: 09/2009 – 05/2010 Submitted on: April 28, 2009 Principal Investigator: Carl K. Chang Award ID: 0939075 Organization: Iowa State University Title: CPATH I: Experimenting with an Open Platform for the New Interdisciplinary Study on Gerontechnology Project Participants Senior Personnel Name: Carl K. Chang Worked for more than 160 Hours: No Contribution to Project: Provided vision and oversight function to spearhead overall project activities. Led the project team to achieve major milestones as proposed. Resolved administrative issues in regard to budget execution, resource utilization, staff coordination, lab operations, IRB applications and deliberation, preparation for the PI meeting (delegated to Dr. Johnny Wong for actual attendance due to time conflict with administrative duties on campus). Spearhead the external engagement in the larger Gerontechnology community and active participation in the International Society for Gerontechnology 7 th World Conference and International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics. Advocated for broader participation within and outside ISU to compound the impact of the funded project. Planned for critical project elements essential to positioning the second year for continuing funding. Contributed to technical publications and production of various reports and curriculum material. Worked with upper administration and curriculum committees at department and college level to ready the submission of the proposed Gerontechnology Certificate Program (target submission date: September 1, 2010). Name: Peter Martin Worked for more than 160 Hours: No Contribution to Project: Taught gerontechnology modules integrated in course Geron 377, Aging and the Family Helped design syllabus for Geron/Com S 415, Gerontechnology in Smart Home Environments Organized and led seminar on Aging and Technology (Geron 510). Topics included smart home technology, smart clothes, universal design, cognitive aids, telehealth, Interlock home, etc.
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Annual Report for Period: 09/2009 – 05/2010 Submitted on: April 28, 2009
Principal Investigator: Carl K. Chang Award ID: 0939075
Organization: Iowa State University
Title: CPATH I: Experimenting with an Open Platform for the New Interdisciplinary Study on
Gerontechnology
Project Participants
Senior Personnel
Name: Carl K. Chang
Worked for more than 160 Hours: No
Contribution to Project:
Provided vision and oversight function to spearhead overall project activities.
Led the project team to achieve major milestones as proposed.
Resolved administrative issues in regard to budget execution, resource utilization, staff coordination, lab operations, IRB applications and deliberation, preparation for the PI meeting (delegated to Dr. Johnny Wong for actual attendance due to time conflict with administrative duties on campus).
Spearhead the external engagement in the larger Gerontechnology community and active participation in the International Society for Gerontechnology 7th World Conference and International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics.
Advocated for broader participation within and outside ISU to compound the impact of the funded project.
Planned for critical project elements essential to positioning the second year for continuing funding.
Contributed to technical publications and production of various reports and curriculum material.
Worked with upper administration and curriculum committees at department and college level to ready the submission of the proposed Gerontechnology Certificate Program (target submission date: September 1, 2010).
Name: Peter Martin
Worked for more than 160 Hours: No
Contribution to Project:
Taught gerontechnology modules integrated in course Geron 377, Aging and the Family
Helped design syllabus for Geron/Com S 415, Gerontechnology in Smart Home Environments
Organized and led seminar on Aging and Technology (Geron 510). Topics included smart home
Assisted in identifying seed projects for COM S 486
Co-authored and mentored students academic publications in pervasive computing,
gerontechnology and computer science pedagogy
Supervised and implemented the CPATH server setup, including the group collaboration
software setup and tool shed
Supervised and edited the “Smart Home Programming Manual”
Supervised and compiled the smart home programming API
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Designed and implemented the REACH platform for facilitate smart home laboratory access for
remote students
Supervised and mentored graduate and undergraduate research assistants
Administered the evaluation instruments in class
Supervised and evaluated the facility and equipments in the smart home laboratory
Completed the Postdoctoral Career Development Training as part of the mentoring requirement
Graduate Student
Name: Jingquan Yu
Contributions to project:
Graduate Research Assistant, worked on an hourly basis to help conduct the project evaluation.
She is a Master of Science student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies program.
Prepared the evaluation report.
Name: Ryan Babbitt
Contributions to project:
Authored “Smart Home Programming Manual” for the smart home laboratory
Assisted in identifying seed projects for COM S 486
Mentored several COM S 486 semester group projects
Designed, implemented, and maintained software services deployed in the smart home
laboratory and used in 486 semester group projects
Co-authored academic publications in pervasive computing
Provided demonstrations of the smart home laboratory facility to visiting faculty, students,
industry professionals, and community members
Participated in the COM S 490 Smart Home Seminar
Undergraduate Student
Name: Igor Svecs
Contributions to project:
Co-authored academic publications in innovative practices in computer science
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Migrated smart home laboratory infrastructure to a virtualized environment to maximize
utilization of computers and sensors
Assisted with the design and implementation of the REACH platform
Supported Com S 486 students in resolving infrastructure related technical problems
Supported SHL outreach effort by conducted smart home laboratory tours and demonstrated
student research projects
Maintained, integrated and improved existing student projects for demonstrations
Participated in the Com S 490 Gerontechnology Seminar
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)
REU is funded by departmental resources with synergic utilization of the smart home laboratory facility
and equipments. Through CPATH funding, we were able to expand the capacity and lower the entry
barrier of the smart home facility to expand the research experience for undergraduates. Through the
seminar courses and the interdisciplinary collaborations, many undergraduate students have inquired
about conducting research activities in the smart home facility, the following four examples are
representative success stories.
1. Rex Fernando: freshmen major in computer science at ISU, who designed a social network
application using Facebook API to provide a comprehensive, social network based care giving
community for older adults. The application collects the news and information on the latest
medical advancements, enables coordination of care, transportation and social events between
caregivers, family members and friends, as well as providing a remote monitoring and
intervention interface to the smart home facility.
2. Joyanne Leitch: freshmen major in computer science at ISU, who worked with Pam, a lady who
suffers quadriplegics condition after a serious accident to design a voice-based interface and
mountable netbook, so she can dictate notes and control smart appliances and services within
her household.
3. Stephan Jossie: junior major in computer science at ISU, whose interest is in the backend system
integration, has investigated on designing a simple and effective graphic interface for users to
design the rules, conditions and workflows of the services and applications within the smart
home environment enabling automatic service composition.
4. Alex Kharbush: senior major in computer science at ISU, who designed and implemented a daily
diary system using automatic voice robot to make calls to older adults who live independently.
The collected information is stored to allow the users and the medical professionals to analyze
their health conditions and to provide, adjust and personalize the most suitable senior care plan.
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Organizational Partners
Gerontology Program, ISU; International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG); Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC), ISU; Human Computer Interaction Program (HCI), ISU; Wesley Life in Des Moines; Northcrest Community; Mary Greeley Medical Center; Graceland University; Simpson College; St. Ambrose University; Department of Blind, Karen A. Keninger, Director; Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium (IUCSC).
Other Collaborators or Contacts
Sumi Helal (College of Engineering, University of Florida); Deb Satterfield (College of Design, ISU); Sung
Kang (College of Design, ISU); Jamie Horwitz (College of Design, ISU); Jennifer Margrette (College of
Human Sciences, ISU); Mary Yearns (College of Human Sciences, ISU); James Jones (Graceland
University); Paul Craven (Simpson College); Gary Monnard (St. Ambrose University)
Activities and Findings
Research and Education Activities:
1. New Curriculum Track in Gerontechnology
Offered interdisciplinary seminar course: COM S 610/Geron 510 Seminar (fall 2009, spring 2010)
Planned and applied for approval of a new interdisciplinary course: COM S 415 Gerontechnology
in Smart Home Environments (approved by curriculum committees as an experimental course)
Improved the capacity of the smart home laboratory to support courses
4. Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations
Strengthened the interdisciplinary research collaboration through Extreme Longevity III project
Leveraged the opportunities through the interdisciplinary guest lectures and open house of
smart home facility to initiate the new inter-collegiate collaborations with College of Design
Encouraged and engaged computer science students to work with faculty from the Gerontology
Program on requirement solicitation, prototype development and usability evaluation
Initiated joint research planning meetings with faculty and students from College of Human
Sciences and College of Design
Findings:
Survey data were collected from students enrolled in three courses during the 2009-2010 academic year:
a large undergraduate class (Aging and the Family; Human Development and Family Studies/
Gerontology 377) with gerontechnology module in fall semester 2009; a graduate seminar (Survey of
Gerontology; Gerontology 510) in the fall semester 2009 (in which there is at least one undergraduate
student in the class); and an undergraduate/graduate seminar class (Gerontology 510, Computer
Science 490, Computer Science 610; Survey of Gerontology: Technology and Aging) in spring semester
2010.
The following is the findings based on the collected data:
A. Non-homogeneous effects on student learning
Students come away from the courses in the proposed gerontechnology track with different
perceptions of gerotechnology as well as their future post-graduation professional roles. The
quantitative analysis across the data collected in the 3 courses mentioned above reveals the following
non-homogeneous effects.
1. Significant difference resulting from the diverse academic background: Computer science
students scored higher in factor 2 (applied technology) than students with any other major, and
lower in factor 7 (gerontechnology and elderly) than other major students (such as liberal arts
and science, human science).
2. Significant difference resulting from the gender difference: Male students scored higher than
female students on factor 1 (technology and community) and factor 2 (applied technology). It is
worth noting that in both seminar courses, female students scored higher on factor 7
(gerontechnology and elderly), but in the large class survey, female students scored higher on
factor 4 (cooperative work and learning).
3. Significant difference resulting from the students with different career objectives: Students
anticipating careers in computers and mathematics scored high on factor 2 (applied technology).
In both seminar courses, students anticipating careers in computers and mathematics scored
lower on factor 6 (non-technical communication), but in the large-class, scored lower on factor3
(technology for people) and factor 4 (cooperative and learning). In both seminar courses,
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students anticipating in social science scored high on factor 6 (non-technical communication),
factor3 (technology for people) and factor 7 (gerontechnology and elderly), but low on factor 1
(technology and community) and factor2 (applied technology).
B. Effectiveness of the seminar course
1. Effectiveness of the seminar course
In the pretest survey, 18 of the 29 attitudinal items that were at the core of the evaluation had
means below 3.00 (with a maximum value of 4.00), 11 means are 3.00 or above; in comparison,
on the post test survey 10 of the item means are below 3.00, 19 are above 3.00, and 2 are high
(above 3.50). Most means of the responses from the posttest survey are higher than those of
the same items in the pretest survey.
2. Significant improvement of non-tech communications and relating computer science
technologies to people with needs
The paired t-tests comparing the pre- and post survey responses shows that students’ scores
increased significantly on Factor 3 (technology for people, p=0.009) and Factor 6 (non-technical
communication, p=0.039) between pretest and post test. Students who have taken the seminar
course experience significant improvements in communicating and relating technologies to their
users.
C. Qualitative Findings
1. Both faculty and students gained awareness and knowledge of the other side of the new field of
study on Gerotechnology
2. Technology-savvy participants gain appreciation and insight of what human-centered
counterparts of the project, and vice versa.
3. The envisioned technical solutions often need to be able to continuously adjust to ever-changing
capabilities of their users. As users grow old, their needs, capabilities, and preference also
changed over time. We find the students in computer science do not have appropriate
appreciation of this fact, and the students in human sciences are not aware of the availability of
technical solutions to address these changes in older adults’ lives.
4. Through seminar and courses, students in computer science appreciate more about the
complexity of developing solutions that are deployed in users’ immediate surrounding
environment, and they learned to engage a new system design mentality to accommodate
thinking outside of the box (i.e. to escape from the system design domain to the human-centric
domain.)
Training and Development:
Several undergraduate students from various disciplines received training in Computational
Thinking through team projects in the Smart Home Environment. Graduate Computer Science students
involved in Smart Home projects developed Computational Thinking ideas to assist students from other
discipline to learn about Computational Thinking projects.
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Outreach Activities:
Visit Perry Middle and High schools
Visit Ames Middle and High schools
VEISHEA open house (open to public, visitors include ISU students and faculty, some potential
students from high school, local Iowans and visitors)
Cargill Corporation’s sponsored IT technology pipeline with Iowa Middle and High Schools
High School students visit to Iowa State University through the Science Bound program
Publications and Other Outcomes
The following is a list of publications of senior personnel and students related to the gerontechnology,
smart home technology (pervasive computing, context-aware computing and service computing),
gerontology and evaluation methodology since the CPATH funding was approved in September 2009.
Journal Publications
1. Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D., Martin, P., Poon, L. W., Sattler, E. L., & Davey, A. (in press). Nutrition and well-being. In L. W. Poon & J. Cohen-Mansfield (Eds.), Understanding the well-being of the oldest old. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Martin, P., Deshpande-Kamat, N., Poon, L. W., & Johnson, M. A. (in press). The model of
developmental adaptation: Implications for understanding well-being in old-old age. In L. W. Poon & J. Cohen-Mansfield (Eds.), Understanding the well-being of the oldest old. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Martin, P., da Rosa, G., & Poon, L. W. (in press). The impact of life events on the oldest old. In L.
W. Poon & J. Cohen-Mansfield (Eds.), Understanding the well-being of the oldest old. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4. Bishop, A., & Martin, P. (in press). The measurement of life satisfaction and happiness in old-old
age. In L. W. Poon & J. Cohen-Mansfield (Eds.), Understanding the well-being of the oldest old. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Resilience and longevity: Expert
survivorship of centenarians. In P. Fry & C. Keyes (Eds.), New frontiers in resilient aging: Life-strengths and well-being in late life (pp. 213-238). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
6. Poon, L. W., Martin, P., & Margrett, J. (2010). Cognition and emotion in centenarians. In C. A.
Depp, & D. V. Jeste (Eds.) Successful Cognitive and Emotional Aging (pp. 115-133). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
7. Siegler, I. C., Poon, L. W., Madden, D. J., Dilworth-Anderson, P., Schaie, K. W., Willis, S. L., &
Martin, P. (2009). Psychological aspects of normal aging. In D. G. Blazer & D. Steffens (Eds.), Textbook of geriatric psychiatry (4th edition, pp. 145-167). New York: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
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8. Miller, L. S., Mitchell, M. B., Woodard, J. L., Davey, A., Martin, P., & Poon, L. W. (in press).
Cognitive performance in the oldest old: Norms from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition.
9. Bishop, A., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Predicting happiness among
centenarians. Gerontology, 56, 88-92.
10. Hensley, B., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Family history and adaptation among centenarians and octogenarians. Gerontology, 56, 83-87.
11. MacDonald, M., Aneja, A., Martin, P., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Distal and proximal resource influences on economic dependency. Gerontology, 56, 100-105.
12. Margrett, J., Martin, P., Woodard, J., Miller, L. S., MacDonald, M., Baenziger, J., Siegler, I., &
Poon, L. W. (2010). Depression among centenarians and the oldest old: Contributions of cognition and personality. Gerontology, 56, 93-99.
13. Randall, K., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Social resources and longevity:
Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Gerontology, 56, 106-111.
14. Reyes Álamo, J.M., Yang, H., Babbitt, R., Wong, J., & Chang, C. K. (2009). Support for Medication Safety and Compliance in Smart Home Environments. In International Journal of Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (JAPUC) (pp. 42-60), IGI.
15. Martin, P., Baenziger, J., MacDonald, M., Siegler, I., & Poon, L. W. (2009). Engaged lifestyle,
personality, and mental status among centenarians. Adult Development, 16, 199-208.
16. MacDonald, M., Martin, P., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009). Correspondence of perceptions about centenarians’ mental health. Aging and Mental Health, 13, 827-837.
17. Martin, P. (2009). Four critical research priorities for older adults. Participative Development, 8,
20-23.
18. Auh, S., Shulman, S. W., Thrane, L. A., & Shelley, M. C. (2009). Beyond the Digital Divide: Closing the Generation and Disability Gaps?. In Ferro, E., Dwivedi, Y. K., Gil-Garcia J. R., & Williams, M. D. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society, II, pp. 133-144. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
19. Crull, S. R., Cook, C. C., Bruin, M. J., Yust, B. L., Shelley, M. C., Laux, S., Memken, J., Niemeyer, S.,
& White, B. J. (2009). Evidence of a Housing Decision Chain in Rural Community Vitality. Rural Sociology, 74(1), 113-137.
Conference Publications
1. Chang, C. K., Yang, H., Svecs, I. and Wong, J. (2010, October). REACH platform -- Remote Access
to Smart Home Facility Based Computer Science Laboratory. Accepted with revision, to be
presented at FIE 2010, Washington D.C.
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2. Ming, H., Chang, C. K., Oyama, K., & Yang, H. (2010, July). Reasoning about Human Intention
Change or Individualized Runtime Software Service Evolution. To be presented at COMPSAC
2010, Seoul.
3. Dong, J., Yang, H., Oyama, K., & Chang, C. K. (2010, July) Human Desire Inference Based on Affective States. To be presented at COMPSAC 2010 Doctoral Symposium, Seoul.
4. AbdualRazak, B., Malik, Y., & Yang, H. (2010, June). A Taxonomy Driven Approach towards
Evaluating Pervasive Computing System. To be presented at ICOST 2010, Seoul.
5. Reyes Álamo, J. M., Yang, H., Wong, J., & Chang, C. K. (2010, June). Service Composition with Heterogeneous Service-Oriented Architectures. International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, to be presented at ICOST 2010, Seoul.
6. Zhou, F., Yang, H., Reyes Álamo, J. M., Wong, J., & Chang, C. K. (2010, June). Mobile Personal Health Care System for Patients with Diabetes. International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, to be presented at ICOST 2010, Seoul.
7. Chang, C. K., Yang, H., Reyes Álamo, J. M., Wong, J., & Babbitt, R. (2010, May). A Holistic
Approach to Seniors' Health Monitoring and Management Using Domotics. 7th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology, to be presented at ISG 2010, Vancouver.
8. Polush, E., Bishop, K., Anderson, M., & Shelley, M. (2010, May). Making Meaning of and Lived-
Through Experiences with Long-Term Care System: Case Study of People Living with Disabilities and Their Caregivers in Iowa. To be presented at The Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI 2010), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
9. Yang, H. (2010, March). Ask Not What You Can Do for Your House. Invited Iowa Communication Network (ICN) presentation to the Gerontology 510/Computer Science 490/Computer Science 610 class, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, simulcast to the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
10. Shelley, M. (2010, March). Health Information and Management Systems. Invited presentation to the Gerontology 510/Computer Science 490/Computer Science 610 class, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
11. Yang, H. (2010, March). Smart Home Technology: Establishing the Congruence between the Environments and Older Adults. Invited presentation to the Gerontology 463 (Environments and Aging) class, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
12. Yang, H. (2009, December). Smart Home Technology for Older Adults. Invited presentation to the Gerontology 377 (Aging and the Family) class, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
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13. Randall, K., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November). Convoys in
very late life. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta,
GA.
14. Margrett, J., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November). Cognitive resilience
and vitality among centenarians. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society
of America, Atlanta, GA.
15. Martin, P. (2009, November). New frontiers in resilience and healthy longevity: Longitudinal
studies of protective factors – comments. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological
Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
16. Heinz, M. S., Temple, L., Martin, P., Alekel, L., & Russell, D. (2009, November). Health and social
support among centenarians. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, Atlanta, GA.
17. Hensley, R. B., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November).
Personality and physical health among centenarians: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian
Study. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
18. Da Rosa, G., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November). Does time
heal all wounds? The impact of event distance on the mental health of centenarians. Presented
at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
19. Bishop, A., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November). Exploring happiness in
exceptional old age: The mediating role of positive and negative affect. Presented at the annual
meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
20. Woodard, J., May, P., Richardson, E., Martin, P., Davey, A., Poon, L. W., & Miller, S. (2009,
November). Moderators of the relations between self-reported and directly observed functional
capacity in centenarians. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, Atlanta, GA.
21. Deshpande-Kamat, N., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November).
Understanding past achievements among centenarians: Tracking the patterns of social and
productive activities. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,
Atlanta, GA.
22. Cho, J., Martin, P., Macdonald, M., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November). Fatigue and physical
functioning among octogenarians and centenarians: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian
Study. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
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23. Cho, J., Martin, P., & Russell, D. (2009, November). Predicting psychological well-being among
centenarians. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta,
GA.
24. Kwag, K., Wickrama, K. A. S., Lempers, J., & Martin, P. (2009, November). Cumulative influence
of socioeconomic disadvantage on trajectories of physical limitation, chronic diseases, and
depressive symptoms in late adulthood. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological
Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
25. Branscum, A., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Margrett, J., & Poon, L. W. (2009, November).
Regional differences in functional domains: A comparison between Georgia and Iowa
centenarians. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta,
GA.
26. Randall, K., Martin, P., & Bishop, A., Johnson, M. A., & Poon, L. W. (2009, October). Distal and
proximal influences on the physical, functional, and mental health of older adults. Presented at
the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Ann Arbor,
MI.
27. Shelley, M. (2009, February). Aging and Disability Resource Centers: An Overview of AoA’s Vision
and the ADRC National Initiative: December 2008. Presented to the Gerontology 510 (Survey of
Gerontology) class, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
28. Yang, H. (2009, February). Aging in Place with Smart Home. Presented to the Gerontology 510
(Survey of Gerontology) class, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Books and Reports
1. Shelley, M., Polush, E., Bondi, S., Sanger, K. & Vidrio-Baron, S. (2009, October). Iowa Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Pilot Sites Evaluation Report. Ames, IA: Research Institute for Studies in Education, Iowa State University. (388 pp.).
2. Anderson, M. & Shelley, M. C. (2009, June). ADRC Media Campaign Evaluation: Telephone Survey Report. Ames, IA: Research Institute for Studies in Education, Iowa State University. (21 pp.).
3. Polush, E., Bondi, S., & Shelley, M. (2009, June) ADRC Options Counselor Local Media Campaign Evaluation Report. Ames, IA: Research Institute for Studies in Education, Iowa State University. (23 pp.).
4. Shelley, M., Polush, E., Bishop, K., & Anderson, M. (2009, March). Consumer, Caregiver, and Provider Experiences and Perceptions of the Long-term Care System in Iowa: Final Report. Report to the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs. Ames, IA: Research Institute for Studies in Education, Iowa State University. (101 pp.).
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Web/Internet Site
1. http://cpath.cs.iastate.edu, the Open Source Community (OSC) platform created to support all
the service-oriented projects that utilize smart home facility. It has also been used for support of
the courses related to gerontechnology in general.
2. http://smarthome.cs.iastate.edu, the website that aggregates all the information about Smart
Home Laboratory at ISU, with introduction to the technology, software used, publications and
documentations as well as collaborators. It also allows visitors, students and faculty members to
schedule a visit to the facility.
3. Accounts on popular social networking, healthcare record systems (twitter, Facebook and
Google Health): smarthomeisu. Many students are interested in investigate how to use the
constructs of existing popular websites and online services to improve the quality and reduce
the cost of senior care while leveraging on established online communities and facilities.
Other Specific Products
1. An Automated “Daily Diary” for Older Adults Using Skype Autobot.
A daily health diary system that automatically makes daily phone calls to check up on older
adults who live independently. Through natural language-like conversations, the system collects
daily health and activity information and stores them to allow the users and the medical
professionals to analyze the older adults’ health conditions. Hence allowing appropriate senior
care plan to be provided, adjusted and personalized.
2. Digital Memory Aid for Older Adults with Dementia and Alzheimer’s.
A compact digital memory aid system designed in-house, that integrates the capabilities of
digital camera, GPS, and accelerometer. It allows older adults with memory impairments to
record their daily activities through GPS tracking and automatic intermittent photo records, so
they can remember their days and use for exercising their memories. It is also capable of
detecting falls and serves as an emergency pendant.
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