Positive Aging

Background

The Positive Aging project addresses the need to support older adults in aging gracefully. We focus on the emotional well-being of adults as they enter the later stage of life when a rapid influx of changes happen. It is a stage of life when it can be difficult to look toward the future or to enjoy the present. How may we design technologies to help older adults value the present?

Activity

• We are currently investigating how psycholgoical theories of emotion regulation may be embodied into technology design for older adults.
• We are also looking at how older adults remember or cognitively index everyday 'moments', and the contextual details that are needed to trigger recall.

Project Team Members

• Beth Nam (PhD student, Architecture)
• Agustin Morales (Undergraduate student, Computer Science)
• Dr. Sharon Lynn Chu (Assistant Professor, Visualization)
• Dr. Lisa Geraci (Associate Professor, Psychology)
• Dr. Steven Woltering (Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology)

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