A novel driving coach app for older adults with cognitive impairment

拟议项目的目标是为老年人驾驶员开发一款应用程序，该应用程序将基于实际驾驶行为的反馈与针对阿尔茨海默病（AD），阿尔茨海默病相关痴呆症（ADRD）或认知障碍患者设计的动态和逐步升级的个人反馈和指导模式相结合。该应用程序将专门为患有AD，ADRD或认知障碍的老年驾驶员设计和测试。这一点至关重要，因为该产品将尽可能长时间地延长老年驾驶员的机动性，同时保持自己和其他道路使用者的安全。驾驶对于保持老年人的功能独立性至关重要，但越来越多的证据表明，相对于没有认知障碍的老年人驾驶员，有认知障碍的老年人驾驶员的撞车风险更高。老年成年司机在机动车碰撞死亡和受伤中的比例已经过高。由于我们独特的技能和能力组合，该项目团队非常适合成功开展这项研究，其中包括为老年人开发产品的历史，包括在应用程序中使用远程信息处理和驾驶数据，使用驾驶应用程序和教练驾驶员的研究，以及AD和ADRD的研究，包括认知驾驶研究。

The goal of the proposed project is to develop an app for older adult drivers that combines feedback based on actual driving behavior with a dynamic and escalating modality of personal feedback and coaching designed for persons with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (ADRD), or cognitive impairment. This app will be specifically designed and tested for older adult drivers with AD, ADRD, or cognitive impairment. This is critical as this product will extend older adult driver’s mobility for as long as possible, while keeping themselves and other road users safe. Driving is essential for the preservation of functional independence for older adults, yet there is a growing body of evidence that older adult drivers with cognitive impairment have a higher crash risk relative to older adult drivers who are not cognitively impaired. Older adult drivers are already overrepresented in motor vehicle crash deaths and injuries. The project team is uniquely suited to successfully carry out this research due to our unique combination of skills and abilities, which includes a history of developing products for older adults, including the use of telematics and driving data in applications, research using driving apps and coaching drivers, and research in AD and ADRD, including cognition-driving studies.