CENTER FOR APPLIED COGNITIVE RESEARCH ON AGING

在过去的5年里，老龄化应用认知研究中心 一般侧重于与年龄相关的下降的负面影响， 日常行为的认知功能可以最小化， 成年人可以自主和独立地工作。在接下来的五年里 年，我们建议研究认知功能的年龄差异， 影响老年人的医疗决定，老年人的问题 使用医疗器械，他们可能理解的困难， 执行医生的指示，以及年龄陈规定型观念如何在医疗 环境对健康行为有负面影响。更重要的是，中心 研究人员将确定如何补救这些负面影响， 与医疗环境和医疗设备相关的认知老化。 除了这些具体的研究目标，中心的目标 （a）保持和提高中心作为一个 发展和传播实用生物技术国际资源 关于认知老化的研究，（B）继续吸引有前途的 研究人员通过该中心的应用认知老化研究 非常成功的种子赠款方案;（c）继续发展关键的 但通过召集小型的、以问题为中心的 专题会议，产生编辑成册;（d）有效地 利用三个联合体之间的协同作用和丰富的资源， 应用认知老化研究机构：以及（e） 传播有关有效干预措施的信息， 老年人在医疗环境中处理信息。中心 工作人员将直接向保健专业人员分发信息 通过录像带、万维网，并在适当的地方展示， 专业会议。

For the past 5 years, the Center for Applied Cognitive Research on Aging focused generally on how the negative impact of age-associated declines in cognitive function on every day behaviors can be minimized so that older adults can function with autonomy and independence. In these next five years, we propose to study how age differences in cognitive function, affect the medical decisions older adults make, the problems older adults have using medical devices, difficulties they may have understanding and implementing physician instructions, and how age stereotypes in medical environments negatively impact health behaviors. More importantly, Center researchers will determine how to remediate these negative consequences of cognitive aging associated with medical environments and medical devices. In addition to these specific research goals, the Center-wide goals include (a) maintaining and increasing the Center's visibility as an international resource for the development and dissemination of applied research on cognitive aging, (b) continuing to attract promising investigators to the study of applied cognitive aging through the Center's highly successful seed grant program; (c) continuing to develop critical but understudied areas of research by convening small, problem-focused thematic conferences that result in edited volumes; (d) effectively utilizing the synergy and rich resources among the three consortium institutions for the study of applied cognitive aging: and (e) disseminating information about effective interventions for improving older adults processing of information in medical environments. The Center staff will distribute information directly to health-care professionals through videotapes, the world-wide web, and display at appropriate professional meetings.