Expanding a Multimodal VR Fitness Platform to Remotely Assess, Monitor, and Report Cognitive and Physical Function for Seniors

Jennifer Stamps and Kyle Rand, Rendever, Inc. This pilot study will evaluate the utility of RendeverFit™, a VR fitness platform, in terms of its acceptance by and relevance to older adults, as well as collect data to support the construction of machine learning models.

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Utilizing the Druid Impairment App to Assess and Enhance Senior Adult’s Driving Performance

Micheal Milburn and William DeJong, Impairment Science, Inc. Anuj Pradhan and Shannon Roberts, UMass Amherst. The Druid app uses multiple divided attention tasks to assess cognitive-motor behaviors related to driving. This project aims to validate the Druid app for use by older adults aged 64-85 years.

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Validating the Apple Watch for Passive Monitoring of Agitation in Patients with Dementia

James Mastrianni, The University of Chicago. Josh Kim, Adiona Health. This project seeks to validate a novel machine learning technique that analyzes motion data from an accelerometer in an Apple Watch to identify the onset of an agitation episode in a person with ADRD.

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Early acute illness detection in delirium and dementia

Jane Saczynski, Northeastern University. Edward Marcantonio, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Acute illness presents in the most vulnerable organ in the body, among patients with dementia that organ is the brain and acute illness often presents first as delirium, an acute confusional state. This project will evaluate home monitoring devices as early indicators of acute illness in persons with dementia.

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