Home Based Attentional Training for Older Adults

老年人家庭注意力训练

• 批准号: 6337826
• 负责人: Philip A Keirn
• 金额: $ 60.13万
• 依托单位: VISUAL AWARENESS RESEARCH GROUP, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2003-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6337826
• 关键词: aging; attention; functional ability; home health care; human old age (65+); human subject; neural information processing; quality of life; self care; technology /technique development; training; vehicular accident; videotape /videodisc; vision

DESCRIPTION: Many older adults experience declines in sensory and cognitive function, resulting in increased difficulty with everyday activities. One activity, crucial to maintaining independence, is driving. Mobility is critical for social contacts and a satisfying quality of life, and mobility loss frequently results in need for formal care. Therefore, effective methods for extending safe mobility could have far-reaching consequences. The focus of the proposed research is to evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based intervention program to enhance the cognitive functions needed to drive safely, and to perform other instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Prior work has resulted in a laboratory based training program, which is currently used by employers, Departments of Motor Vehicles, and many health care professionals. This program is used for both driver screening and to provide cognitive training to improve the skills needed for safe mobility. The Phase I application demonstrated the feasibility for a home based intervention, and Phase II aims to produce the videotapes and examine their effectiveness relative to the laboratory based training program. This product, if demonstrated to be effective, would provide a low cost, convenient means for distributing this intervention to a broader segment of the population than would otherwise be served. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE

描述：许多老年人的感觉和认知经历下降 功能，导致日常活动的困难增加。一 活动对于维持独立性至关重要。移动性至关重要 用于社会接触和令人满意的生活质量和流动性损失 经常需要正式护理的结果。因此，有效的方法 扩展安全移动性可能会带来深远的后果。重点 拟议的研究是评估家庭干预的有效性 增强安全驾驶所需的认知功能的程序，并 进行日常生活的其他乐器活动（IADLS）。先前的工作有 导致了一个基于实验室的培训计划，目前正在使用该计划 雇主，汽车部门以及许多医疗保健专业人员。 该程序既用于驱动程序筛查又用于提供认知 培训以提高安全流动所需的技能。第一阶段 申请证明了基于家庭干预的可行性，并且 第二阶段旨在制作录像带并检查其有效性 相对于基于实验室的培训计划。该产品，如果 证明是有效的，将为低成本，方便的手段提供 将此干预分配给比较广泛的人口 否则将被送达。 拟议的商业应用程序：不可用