National AT Aging & Dementia Decision Tree Workshop -- ATIA 2018

Welcome

Thank you for agreeing to participate in the National AT Aging & Dementia Decision Tree Workshop, hosted by Tools for Life | Georgia Tech. We are looking forward to working with you!

Logistics

*When: Wednesday, January 31 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST (Registration, breakfast, and networking will begin at 8:30 AM.)

*Where: The ATIA 2018 Official Conference Site - Royal Caribe Hotel & Conference Center in Orlando, Florida

*Who: You, AT Act Program teams who provide direct service, other AT Professionals and subject matter experts (SMEs) from across the country in a variety of fields to help develop the AT & Dementia Decision Tool (Algorithms)

DRAFT Agenda

8:30 AM Registration, Breakfast and Networking 9:00 AM Welcome, Introductions, Vision & Goals for the AT Decision Tree/Algorithms

• Carolyn Phillips, Georgia Tech (GT) | College of Design | AMAC | Tools for Life (TFL)

9:30 AM Presentation: A Guided Discussion on AT and Dementia, Where Are We Now and Looking Forward

• Carolyn Phillips, Tools for Life

10:30 AM Process for Developing the AT & Dementia Decision Tree – Moving through the Workbook

• Carolyn Phillips, Liz Persaud and Rachel Wilson, Tools for Life

11:30 AM Group Activity: Begin with the End in Mind - Exploring AT and Dementia

• What is currently available, and where are the gaps?

12:00 PM Break and Working Lunch (lunch will be provided) 2:00 PM Group Report Out of Concepts 3:00 PM Continue Discussion on AT and Dementia: Sharing Resources 4:00 PM Next Steps and Adjourn

Resources

We have researched several existing assessment tools and checklists that are currently available. If you have access to any additional assessments, checklists, flowcharts and/or decision-making tools that would be helpful for us to review, please share if you can.

• Agenda
  • National AT Aging & Dementia Decision Tree/Algorithm Workshop Agenda
• Innovative Design Creation Process Workbook - TechSAge RERC & Wireless RERC
  • Innovative Design Creation Process Workbook
• DRAFT Decision Tree/Algorithms - Tasks:
  • 0 - 0. Are You Satisfied with the Way You Live Your Life
  • 1 - 1. Eating
  • 2 - 2. Bathing
  • 2.1 - 2.1 Can a Person Bathe - Dementia
  • 3 - 3. Grooming
  • 4 - 4. Dressing
  • 5 - 5. Transferring
  • 6 - 6. Continence
  • 7 - 7. Managing Money
  • 8 - 8. Telephoning
  • 9 - 9. Prepare a meal
  • 10 - 10. Laundry
  • 11 - 11. Housework
  • 12 - 12. Outside the Home
  • 13 - 13. Routine Health
  • 14 - 14. Special Health
  • 15 - 15. Being Alone
  • 16 - 16. Communication
  • 17 - 17. Caregiver Burden

• Dementia Example
• Bathing - Dementia Example

• Templates:
• Decision Tree/Algorithm Template
• Task Template

Citation

(2017). National AT Agining & Dementia Decision Tree/Algorithm Workshop. Workshop is accepted to be presented at the Assistice Technology Industry Association (ATIA) Annual Conference, Orlanda, FL, 2017.