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bpMedManage
Brief Description: The study is examining the use of smartphones to support hypertension medication adherence in older adults.
Who is eligible: Older adults 60 years or older, who own a smartphone, take medications for high blood pressure, and have memory or concentration challenges
Compensation: A total of $135 will be paid for completing the entire study. In addition, a free blood pressure monitor will be gifted.
Study Commitment: The study lasts for 4 months in total. During this time you will use your smartphone with educational materials and take your blood pressure medication prescribed by your doctor consistently. No interaction will be needed with the research team on a day-to-day basis. There will be only 4 in person visits, and 1 online check in during the 4 months, each visit will average around 2 hours.
How to enroll: Call us at (217)-244-7383 or email at medmanage@illinois.edu
For more information: MedManage Home Page
Funding: National Institute of Health: R01 NR020261-01
EEG Projects
Brief Description: We are studying the effects of aging on brain activity and behavioral performance
Who is eligible: Young Adults, Older Adults (55-85 years old), and Older Adults with memory challenges (55-85 years old)
Compensation: Compensation (more information once you contact)
Study Commitment: The study lasts for up to 4 hours. During this time you will complete a cognitive testing session and an EEG session. These study sessions can be completed on the same day or on separate days depending on the your preference.
How to enroll: Call us at (217)-2434-7383 or email at aancl-lab@illinois.edu
For more information: EEG Home Page
Ongoing Collaborative Projects
ENHANCE
Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement
Cognitive impairment refers to changes in cognition that result in difficulties remembering, learning new things, concentrating, making decisions important to everyday life, responding to environmental demands, or understanding social cues, and these difficulties can result in significant disability (limiting one or more major life activities).
The ENHANCE Center represents a consortium of three institutions (Weill Cornell Medicine, Florida State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). The focus of ENHANCE is on developing novel technology solutions to help older adults living with a cognitive impairment live independently.
Target populations of the ENHANCE Center are:
- Older adults living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
- Older adults living with cognitive impairment due to traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Older adults living with cognitive impairment due to stroke
Funding: ENHANCE is a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR; grant number #90REGE0012-01-00).
CREATE
Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement
CREATE is a multidisciplinary and collaborative center founded in 1999. It is dedicated to ensure that the benefits of technology can be realized by older adults to support and enhance the independence, productivity, health, safety, social connectedness and quality of life of older people.
The center strives to develop and evaluate interventions and design solutions to promote successful technology adoption among older adults.
CREATE represents a consortium of five universities
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Weill Cornell University
- University of Miami
- Florida State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Funding: Funded by the National Institute on Aging: Grant P01 AG073090
STRETCH
STRETCH Project
The Stretch project aims to refine and broaden the functional capabilities of Stretch, a mobile manipulator robot, to support older adults with a range of cognitive and physical impairments. This diverse team of engineering, human factors, and neurocognition experts allows for effective modifications of Stretch to best help individuals with a range of impairments.
Stretch represents a collaborations between many different entities
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Human Factors and Aging Laboratory
- Aging and NeuroCognition Lab
- Hello Robot INC
- Clark Lindsey Village
Funding: Funded by the National Institute of Health, Phase II Small Business Innovation Research: 5R44AG072982-03