1 / 23

Gerontechnology

Gerontechnology. Fall 2013 Dr. Diane J. Cook. Programmatic Issues. Introductions Class time and location 9:00 – 10:25 EME 130 Next Tuesday Smart apartment at 9:00am Meet at EME 121 by 8:50am. Martin Stadium. Grimes Way. Olympia Ave. Stadium Way. Stadium Way. Stadium Way.

rosemartha
Download Presentation

Gerontechnology

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Gerontechnology Fall 2013 Dr. Diane J. Cook

  2. Programmatic Issues • Introductions • Class time and location • 9:00 – 10:25 • EME 130 • Next Tuesday • Smart apartment at 9:00am • Meet at EME 121 by 8:50am

  3. Martin Stadium Grimes Way Olympia Ave Stadium Way Stadium Way Stadium Way Olympia Ave To Downtown Pullman Olympia Ave Forest Way Directions to the Smart Apartment 710 SE Chinook Drive, Apartment K52 From Downtown Pullman Heading NORTH on Stadium Way, turn RIGHT onto Olympia Ave. Follow the curve to the LEFT and continue on Olympia Ave. Turn RIGHT on to SE Forest Way. Stay STRAIGHT to SE Chinook Drive. Park in the lot on your right. The apartment (K52) is in the complex to the left. From Martin Stadium Heading SOUTH on Stadium Way, turn LEFT onto Grimes Way. Turn RIGHT on Olympia Avenue. Turn LEFT onto SE Forest Way. Stay STRAIGHT to SE Chinook Drive. Park in the lot on your right. The apartment (K52) is in the complex to the left. Chinook Drive Park Here Smart Apartment (K-52)

  4. Today’s Lecture • Introduction to Gerontechnology • Syllabus Overview • Placement Opportunities

  5. Did you know… • Everyday in the United States • 10,000 Americans celebrate their 65th birthday • 3,800 Americans celebrate their 85th birthday • American seniors now outnumber the entire population of Canada

  6. Aging (Graying) of America

  7. The World is Aging • The 80+ group will quadruple to 400 million between 2013 and 2050 • In Japan there will be only 1 child under 15 for every 3 adults over 64 • By 2050 almost half of the population in Japan will be seniors

  8. Impact of Global Aging Adults 65+ account for almost half of healthcare spending Shortage of care workers Here is China’s solution: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/01/new-law-requires-chinese-to-visit-their-elderly-parents-as-country-struggles-to-care-for-aging-population/

  9. Gerontechnology • Interdisciplinary academic and professional field • Gerontology • Technology • Use technology to study aging • Design technology to provide solutions to deal with the challenges of aging

  10. Aim: Health • Definition by World Health Organization since 1946 Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

  11. Gerontechnology • To prevent disease and accidents • To maintain physical, mental and social health • To assist aspirations • To compensate for weakened functions • To support caregivers and care organizations And… • To understand the challenges of aging

  12. Longevity Quiz

  13. The trajectory of functional decline

  14. Challenge: In the past… … newly engineered products and services were developed by youngmale engineers to be used by the younger half of the male society

  15. Current innovation… … newly engineered products and services are developed by youngmale engineers to be used by the older half of the female society

  16. The 3 classifications of a Gerontechnology project • Age aimed at • Cross-fertilization matrix • Functional matrix

  17. Gerontechnology cross-fertilization matrix [Bouma 2007]

  18. Gerontechnology cross-fertilization matrix [Bouma 2007]

  19. Gerontechnology functional matrix

  20. Gerontechnology functional matrix

  21. Syllabus Overview http://eecs.wsu.edu/~cook/gt/

  22. Placement Opportunities Kristen Koenig

More Related