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Fostering
Independence,
Participation,
and Healthy
Aging Through
Technology

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Tracy A. Lustig and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs

Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

Board on Health Sciences Policy

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

Washington, D.C.

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NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Gerontological Society of America, LeadingAge, PHI, The SCAN Foundation (Contract No. 12-004), United HealthCare, the U.S. Department of Defense (Contract No. HT0011-11-P-0212), the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (Contract No. EDOSE-12-P-0066), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living (Contract No. HHSP233201100668P), the U.S. Department of Labor (Contract No. 4431), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Contract No. VA268-12-P-0014). The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE AND HEALTHY AGING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY: A WORKSHOP OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL1

ALAN M. JETTE (Chair), Professor of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health

MARGARET L. CAMPBELL, Senior Scientist for Planning and Policy Support, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

TERRY FULMER, Dean, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

JUDITH D. KASPER, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

KATHY KREPCIO, Executive Director, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

RENÉ SEIDEL, Vice President, Programs and Operations, The SCAN Foundation

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1 Institute of Medicine and National Research Council planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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IOM-NRC FORUM ON AGING, DISABILITY, AND INDEPENDENCE1

ALAN M. JETTE (Co-Chair), Boston University School of Public Health, MA

JOHN W. ROWE (Co-Chair), Columbia University, New York, NY

HENRY J. AARON, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

JAMES APPLEBY, Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC

KELLY BUCKLAND, National Council on Independent Living, Washington, DC

JOE CALDWELL, National Council on Aging, Washington, DC

MARGARET L. CAMPBELL, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Washington, DC

HENRY CLAYPOOL, Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC

EILEEN M. CRIMMINS, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

STEVEN DAWSON, PHI, Bronx, NY

PEGGYE DILWORTH-ANDERSON, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

THOMAS E. EDES, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

TERRY FULMER, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

NAOMI L. GERBER, Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

ROBERT HORNYAK, Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC

LISA I. IEZZONI, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

KATHY KREPCIO, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

NANCY LUNDEBJERG, American Geriatrics Society, New York, NY

RHONDA MEDOWS, United HealthCare, Washington, DC

LARRY MINNIX, LeadingAge, Washington, DC

ARI NE’EMAN, National Council on Disability, Washington, DC

RENÉ SEIDEL, The SCAN Foundation, Long Beach, CA

JACK W. SMITH, U.S. Department of Defense, Falls Church, VA

TERRIE FOX WETLE, Brown University, Providence, RI

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1 Institute of Medicine and National Research Council forums do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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IOM and NRC Staff

TRACY A. LUSTIG, Forum Director

GOOLOO WUNDERLICH, Senior Program Officer, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

THELMA L. COX, Administrative Assistant (until December 2012)

TONIA E. DICKERSON, Senior Program Assistant

ANDREW POPE, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine

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Reviewers

This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:

ALICE BORRELLI, Intel Corporation

ROBERT JARRIN, Qualcomm Incorporated

W. JUNE SIMMONS, Partners in Care Foundation

GREG VANDERHEIDEN, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by HUGH H. TILSON, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of

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this workshop summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.

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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technology for decades. In 1978, Aging and Medical Education (IOM, 1978) raised national awareness of the challenges to physicians posed by the aging of the U.S. population. Thirty years later, Retooling for an Aging America highlighted concerns for the entire health care workforce in view of the aging of the population, including the role of technology in caring for older populations. The 1988 report The Aging Population in the 21st Century examined social, economic, and demographic changes among older adults, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and the quality of care— especially long-term care. In 1991, the landmark report Disability in America laid out a national agenda to prevent disability and improve the lives of people with disabling conditions. The 1997 report Enabling America: Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering examined the knowledge base of rehabilitation science and engineering and proposed ways to translate scientific findings into interventions that produce better health. And the 2007 report The Future of Disability in America examined progress made since the earlier reports and looked at continuing barriers that limit the independence, productivity, and participation in community life of people with disabilities.

All these reports were produced by committees appointed in accordance with guidelines of the National Academies and met multiples times to compile and review evidence, reach consensus on conclusions and recommendations, draft a report of the committee, and then modify that draft report in response to comments from outside reviewers. The IOM and NRC have also held several workshops related to aging, disability, and technology and published summary reports, such as Technology for Adaptive Aging and Grand Challenges of Our Aging Society. The IOM and NRC also convene groups that take a different approach to issues of pressing national and international importance. Often known as forums or roundtables, these groups meet regularly to foster dialogue and confront issues of mutual interest and concern among a broad range of stakeholders. They can convene workshops, initiate cooperative projects among members, commission independently authored articles, and generate ideas for independent consensus studies.

In 2012 the IOM and NRC joined together to establish the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence to provide a neutral venue for broad-ranging discussions among the many stakeholders involved with aging and disability. The goals of the forum are to highlight areas in which the coordination of the aging and disability networks is strong, examine the challenges involved in aligning the aging and disability networks, explore new approaches for resolving problem areas, elevate the visibility and broaden the perspectives of stakeholders, and set the stage for future policy actions. Forum sponsors and members include federal agencies, health professional associations, private sector businesses, academics, and consumers. Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology summarizes this workshop.

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