ACCESS for Aging Well

Contact: Mark Harniss (mharniss@uw.edu)
Core Function: Technical Assistance and Outreach Training
Program: Center for Technology and Disability

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s (Georgia Tech) Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI), in collaboration with the University of Washington’s Center for Technology & Disability Studies (CTDS), develop the Accommodation Expert Support System for Aging Well (ACCESS for Aging Well), a dynamic accommodation system with web-based and mobile functionality that help older adults with disabilities and their formal and informal caregivers and service providers work together to identify accommodations that allow older adults with disabilities to continue to live in their community of choice. ACCESS for Aging Well uses intelligent algorithms to prioritize recommendations within a person-centered service framework. These algorithms is be based on existing data from project partners, collected data from use of the system, and review of state-of-the-science evidence in the scientific literature and practitioner input. This project builds upon several current proof of concept development projects at CIDI and continue through the Proof of Product and Proof of Adoption stages of development.