UIAA Speaker Series: Living in Interactive Future Environments: Supporting Successful Aging

Recording of our 11/16 Speaker Series event with Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences Wendy A. Rogers.

Technology advances have the potential to support successful aging but are often not designed with consideration for the interests, capabilities, limitations, needs, and preferences of older adults. Professor Rogers’s research program is specifically oriented toward developing a fundamental understanding of aging to support technology design for health and wellness of older adults. In this session she will provide examples of research on support for social engagement, healthcare, and everyday activities in the home. She will discuss examples of current technologies (e.g., apps, mobile devices, social networking, in-home assistive technologies) as well emerging technologies (e.g., robotics, telepresence, digital voice assistants) to enable autonomy for older adults.