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The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri's Long - Term Care Facilities (QIPMO) is committed to Missouri's Elderly.
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The "Aging-in-place" model allows older adults to receive health care in their preferred place of living, eliminating the need for a more restricted living space, such as a nursing home.
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TigerPlace is a specially designed elder housing project initiated by the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, working to provide elders a better quality of life.
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Technology and Aging
To help reach the goals of the AIP program, TigerPlace (named after the University of Missouri mascot, the tiger) was designed by MU faculty working with the Americare Corporation. TigerPlace is a specially-designed, elder housing project that was initiated by the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. It is built to nursing home standards, but not the typical configuration; it has 54 private apartments with fully accessible bathrooms, kitchens, and screened porches. A major objective was to design and implement exciting research, education, and practice opportunities at TigerPlace while integrating TigerPlace into the MU campus and the Columbia community. The links with MU are important as seniors become involved in the student learning projects and take advantage of classes and cultural activities of their interest at MU. The key research in progress is the development and testing of technology to enhance aging in place that will someday be used in homes of elders throughout the country.
Technology and Aging Articles
Proceedings from the Annual IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics
- Year Published: 2012
Falling is a common health problem for elders. It is reported that more than one third of seniors 65 and older fall each year in the United States. We develop a dual Doppler radar system for fall detection. The radar system generates a specific Doppler signature for each human activity which is then categorized by a set of classifiers as fall or non-fall. However, different...
Gerontechnology
- Year Published: 2012
Purpose: This study investigates whether motion density maps based on passive infrared (PIR) motion sensors and the average time out and average density per hour measures of the density map are sensitive enough to detect changes in mental health over time. Method: Within the sensor network, data are logged from PIR motion sensors which captu...
Smart Environments to Enhance Health Care
- Year Published: 2011
Falls are a major cause of injury in the elderly with almost 1/3rd of people aged 65 and more falling each year. This work aims to use gait measurements from everyday living environments to estimate risk of falling and enable improved interventions. For this purpose, we consider the use of low-cost pulse-Doppler range control radar. These radars can continuously acquire data...
Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application, & Services
- Year Published: 2011
Integrated sensor networks have been installed in apartments of volunteer residents at TigerPlace, an aging in place retirement community that allows residents to remain in their apartments even if their health deteriorates. The sensor networks supplement registered nurse (RN) care coordination provided by Sinclair Home Care by alerting the RN care coordinator about changes...
13th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application, & Services
- Year Published: 2011
Many older adults in the US prefer to live independently for as long as they are able, despite the onset of conditions such as frailty and dementia. Sensor networks have emerged in the last decade, together with telehealth and internet based electronic health records (EHR), as a possible solution to older adult health monitoring. Many commercial solutions for EHRs, telehealt...
Nursing Research
- Year Published: 2011
Background: Effectiveness of clinical information systems to improve nursing and patient outcomes depends on human factors including system usability, organizational workflow, and user satisfaction.
Objective: The specific aim of this research is to examine to what extent residents, family members, and clinicians find a sensor data interface used to monitor elder acti...
All Research Grants
List all Research & Projects Grants
Project Title: Automated Video Sensor Network for Eldercare
Principal Investigator:
Zhihai He
Dates of Project Period: 7/1/07-6/30/10
Total Amount: $288,196
Principal Investigator:
Harry Tyrer
Dates of Project Period: 12/1/07-11/30/10
Total Amount: $246,947
Principal Investigator:
Marilyn Rantz
Dates of Project Period: 10/1/06-6/30/09
Total Amount: $200,000
Project Title: Technology to Enhance Aging in Place at TigerPlace
Principal Investigator:
Marilyn Rantz
Dates of Project Period: 9/29/05-12/31/09
Total Amount: $979,104
Principal Investigator:
Marjorie Skubic
Dates of Project Period: 11/15/04-10/31/09
Total Amount: $1,200,000