November 16-20, New Orleans, LA

Discover what’s new in aging. GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting brings together 4,000 international experts and partners from academia, industry, government, and beyond to exchange information and to discuss the broader role of aging science. This meeting is the premier gathering of gerontologists from both the United States and around the world. They participate in over 450 scientific sessions including symposia, paper, and poster presentations.

TechSAge will be highlighted in the following:

A Spotlight on Technologies for Individuals Aging with a Disability. Symposium presentation at the Gerontological Society of America 69th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Chair: Wendy Rogers.

Participants: Elena Gonzalez, Ted Johnson, Tracy Mitzner, Jon Sanford; Discussant: Alex Mihailidis

Presentations:

Gonzalez, E. T., Fausset, C. B., & Fain, W. B. Overcoming Challenges in the Home: Solutions from

Older Adults with Long-Term Mobility Impairment.

Mitzner, T. L., Hartley, J., Stuck, R., Chan, L., Beer, J. M., & Rogers, W. A. “Being There”: Attitudes about Televideo Technology for Adults Aging with a Mobility Impairment.

Sanford, J. A., Guhathakurta, S., Melgen, S., & Zhang, G. Application for Locational Intelligence and Geospatial Navigation (ALIGN).

Vandenberg A. E., Johnson T. M., Jones B. D., Clevenger C., Nadel L., Vaughan C., Master V.,

Perkins M. Technology solutions? Simpler. Clinical implementation in physically frail older adults? Involved.

Gonzalez, E. T., Singleton, J. L., Mitzner, T. M., & Rogers, W. A. Everyday technology use among deaf older adults.

Preusse, K. C., Gonzalez, E. T., Singleton, J. L., Mitzner, T. L., & Rogers, W. A. Aging with impairment: Needs assessment insights from subject matter experts.