Cognitive Empowerment Program
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate stage in cognitive decline, between the normal cognitive decline associated with aging, and the more abrupt decline of dementia. Nearly 20% of adults over 65 years old are at risk of getting MCI...
Conversational Assistants to Empower Older Adults
In this project, we deployed Google Home Hubs to (so far) 10 dyads of older adults with MCI and their care partners. People with MCI experience more difficulties with memory and decision making compared to others their age. About 20% of adults...
Data Ethics
In addition to the lab research focused on the use of social media and social technologies in relation to an individual's everyday health is the ethics involved in this type of research. Technology ethics include topics such as privacy, literacy...
Digital Self-Harm
Self-harm is the infliction of pain or injury onto oneself. Historically these behaviors have been relegated to the fringes of communities. Technology now enables new ways to foster and encourage these dangerous activities. The HCI field...
Interactive Models of Healthcare Journeys
Interactive Models of Healthcare Journeys to Improve Patient-Centered Care and Patient Engagement
In this work we examine how support may be improved for those managing chronic illness. Health information management for individual's with a...