Home Based Attentional Training for Older Adults

描述：许多老年人感觉和认知能力下降 功能，导致日常活动的难度增加。一 对保持独立性至关重要的活动正在推动着这一进程。移动性至关重要 社交和令人满意的生活质量，以及行动不便 经常导致需要正规护理。因此，有效的方法是 延长安全机动性可能会产生深远的后果。这次会议的重点是 建议的研究是评估以家庭为基础的干预的有效性 计划以增强安全驾驶所需的认知功能，并 执行日常生活的其他工具性活动(IADL)。之前的工作已经完成 产生了一个以实验室为基础的培训计划，目前由 雇主、机动车部门和许多医疗保健专业人员。 该程序既用于驾驶员筛选，也用于提供认知 培训以提高安全移动所需的技能。第一阶段 应用程序证明了基于家庭的干预的可行性，以及 第二阶段的目标是制作录像带并检查其有效性 相对于以实验室为基础的培训计划。本产品，如果 证明是有效的，将提供一种低成本、方便的手段 将这种干预分配给更广泛的人口部分 否则就会被送上法庭。 建议的商业应用：不可用

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