New Article published

The use of health technology to detect and measure outcomes in aging individuals offers safe, efficient, and cost-effective detection of changes. There are numerous barriers to acceptability and engagement of technology including participant lack of knowledge, insufficient support, and challenging functionality. It is unclear if barriers of the use of smartwatches stem from participants’ unfamiliarity, inability to use technology, disinterest, or if bias contributes to inadequate engagement and testing with older adults. This team of researchers designed a pilot study to investigate the acceptability of smartwatches among aging individuals residing in adult living…