Key Objectives
- Provide students and professionals with education and training that effectively prepares them for long-term careers in health and aging related industries.
- Conduct cutting-edge research that brings together methods and theoretical perspectives from business, informatics, and gerontology to enhance health and wellness in the aging U.S. population
- Incorporate experiences that provide creative and practical uses for technology for aging-in-place.
- Provide development, feedback, and analysis of technology that is user friendly and adaptable.
- Integrate sensors, devices, and software to provide an integrated approach to understanding how smart technology supports practical aging-in-place and varying abilities.
- Gain knowledge in terms of intergenerational communication and key skills that will allow older and younger adults to work collectively while gaining attitudes of understanding and respect.
