Evaluation of a Novel Technology-Based Program Designed to Assess and Train Everyday Skills in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Performance of everyday activities is often challenging for older adults. We evaluated a novel computer-based functional skills assessment and training (CFSAT) program, which includes simulations of everyday tasks (e.g., money and medication management).

Research design and methods

The sample included noncognitively impaired (NC) older adults (n = 51) and cognitively impaired (CI) older adults (n = 43), who ranged in age from 60 to 86 years (M = 73.12; SD = 6.06), were primarily female (90%), and ethnically diverse (23% Hispanic, 51% African American). Participants (stratified by cognitive status) were randomized to 1 of the 2 conditions training alone (CFSAT) or CFSAT with computerized cognitive training and trained up t

SUBMITTER: Czaja SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724569 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature