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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2019
igaa057.2019
Abstracts
Session 5630 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Digital Home Assistant Health Applications for Older Adults With Long-Term Mobility Disabilities
Kadylak Travis 1 Khaleghi Roshanak 1 Blocker Kenneth 1 Gowrishankar Saahithya 1 Ramadhani Widya 2 Koon Lyndsie 3 Sreenivas Ramavarapu 1 Rogers Wendy 1 1 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States
3 
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”600 600
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the feasibility, usability, safety, and efficacy of digital home assistant health applications (e.g., meditation applications, medication reminders, hydration management) for older adults with mobility disabilities. We used a multi-pronged approach. First, we compiled, categorized, and assessed a list of commercially available health applications compatible with Amazon Alexa devices. We reviewed data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study and the ACCESS study to identify challenges that older adults with mobility disabilities face within the home. We also reviewed the literature on the acceptance and use of digital home assistant health applications by older adults. Lastly, we conducted user testing in a laboratory and in a home-simulation environment to assess usability of different health applications. Our results provide guidance for the implementation of digital home assistant health applications to support older adults with long-term mobility disabilities.