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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

CREATE PIs at Global Alzheimer's Disease International Conference in Lyon, France! 🧠 #Alzheimers #AgingTech #MCI

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The "Handbook of Intervention Science" is out! 🎉 Authored by Dr. Laura Gitlin & CREATE PI Dr. Sara Czaja —this essential guide covers everything from design to implementation for diverse populations. Get your copy: shop.elsevier.com/books/handbo... #InterventionScience #PublicHealth

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

How can smartwatches better support memory? New research from the CREATE team outlines challenges and road map to turn wearables into effective aging-in-place tools. ⌚🧠 Check out here: doi.org/10.1177/0733... #AgeTech #InclusiveDesign #Gerontology

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

How can robots, smart homes technologies, and VR support aging adults? CREATE PIs Dr. Sara Czaja & Dr. Walter Boot dive into technology for independence in the new APA Handbook of Adult Development and Aging. 🏠✨ Check it out here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-... #AgeTech

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Join us & our collaborators at Heidelberg University for a symposium on the SMART-AGE project 🗓️ May 5th, 11:30AM to 17:40PM (CET) 🇩🇪 / May 6th, 5:30 AM – 11:40 AM (EST) 🇺🇸 Program: smart-age.psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de Attend digitally: us06web.zoom.us/j/8851353521... #AgeTech

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

CREATE PI Dr. Sara Czaja presented on the potential role of technology in supporting informal caregiving and aging adults at the Lefeber Hughes Winter Series. 🌟 Watch the full talk here: utmb.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page... #AgeTech #Caregiving

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February 10: The Potential Role of Technology in Supporting Informal Caregiving and Aging Adults

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Navigating Medicare just got easier. 📘 The CREATE Center has released new evidence-based materials to help older adults and caregivers make informed healthcare decisions. Access the free resources here: create-center.org/resources/me... #Medicare #Aging #HealthLiteracy

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

CREATE PI Dr. Wendy A. Rogers has been appointed to the APA Committee on Aging (CONA) for a 3-year term starting Jan 2026. CONA works to advance research and psychological services for older adults. Congrats, Dr. Rogers! 👏 More info: www.apa.org/pi/aging/cona #gerontology #aging #CONA #APA

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Navigating Medicare shouldn't feel like solving a puzzle in the dark. 🧩 Our review shows older adults rely on friends over online tools. Instructional support & better design are needed to support Medicare decision making. Check out paper 👉: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Medicare #AgeTech

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Resources alert! 🚨 The CREATE team offers validated instruments to assess tech proficiency in older adults: 📱 Mobile Device (MDPQ) 💻 Computer (CPQ) 🏥 Medicare Proficiency 🌐 Wireless Network Available in multiple languages! 🌍 Check them out: create-center.org/resources/in... #AgeTech

CREATE: Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement

Funded by the National Institute on Aging through the National Institutes of Health, CREATE is a multidisciplinary and collaborative center founded in 1999.

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

New book for designers & gerontologists! "Designing Robots to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults" provides actionable guidance on how to design tech to support autonomy as people age. #HRI #Aging #Design #Robotics Save 20% with code 25AFLY4 here: www.routledge.com/Designing-Ro...

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Designing Robots to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults

With adults over sixty becoming an ever-increasing proportion of the global population, the challenge of accommodating the needs, preferences, and abilities, of this heterogeneous population has incre...

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

CREATE PI Dr. Czaja and Dr. Rogers recently presented at a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine webinar titled “From Longevity to Vitality: Leveraging Technology for Thriving in Later Life” Check out the recording here www.nationalacademies.org/event/45835_... #AgeTech #theNASEM

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Curious about AI application in everyday life of older adults? Check out this session featuring works of the CREATE team! 👇 Harnessing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Supporting Older Adults 🗓️ Saturday, Nov. 15 | 8:00 AM 📍 Hynes - Room 306 @geronsociety.bsky.social #GSA2025 #AgeTech

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Planning your Friday at #GSA2025? Add this to your agenda! 👇 Empowering Caregivers: Innovative Technology for Smarter, More Connected Care Featuring a presentation from CREATE PI Dr. Czaja! 💡 🗓️ Friday, Nov. 14, 8:00 AM 📍 Hynes - Room 107 @geronsociety.bsky.social #AgeTech #Caregiving

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

CREATE PIs are thrilled to invite you to the AgeTech Day at #GSA2025! 🎉 We're proud to be on the steering committee that planned this special event. Join us for a full day of curated symposiums and discussions followed by a network event! 📅 Thursday, November 13, 2025 👉 www.gsa2025.org/agetech

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AgeTech: Life Course Innovations & Implications

Join us on November 13 for the AgeTech: Life Course Innovations & Implications event, exploring the intersection of aging research and technology in Boston. Connect with over 4,500 attendees, showcase...

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

CREATE PI Dr. Czaja presented a keynote address on The Role of Technology in Supporting Aging in Place Conference on Aging in Place at the University of Bergamo, Bergamo Italy.

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🧠 Join us Sept 30, 11AM–1:30PM EDT for “Aging, Technology & Decision Making” — a free virtual event on AI & decision tools for older adults, featuring CREATE PI Dr. Wally Boot. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/agingtech2025 #GSA #AgingTech #Gerontology

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

📢 CREATE PI Wally Boot talks with The New York Times about whether emerging tech can boost cognitive abilities in older adults! 💻🧠

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The CREATE team is excited to introduce the latest cohort of our Social Media Intern Program! The interns will be involved in CREATE projects and support our dissemination effort. Learn more about them here: create-center.org/introducing-...

Introducing the CREATE Dissemination Core interns - CREATE

The CREATE Dissemination Core introduces the Social Media Intern Program (SMIP), which engages student members of CREATE to support dissemination […]

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Join the CREATE team at #APA2025 for a powerful Skill Building Session! The Conduct of Technology-Behavioral Interventions with Older Adult Populations 📅 Aug 8, 2025 🕦 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 📍 Colorado Convention Center, Room 111 🎓 Co-sponsored by Divisions 20 & 21

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today, Wally Boot shares CREATE’s latest work using large language models as search and decision-making tools to support older adults at UPenn’s Summer Innovation Institute!🔍🤖 Focus: Collaborative Design & Co-Creation for Health Equity #AI #HealthEquity #Innovation #LLM #AgeTech

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The CREATE team is enjoying a vibrant exchange of ideas and research with the Smart Age team in Heidelberg, Germany. This is bidirectional collaboration at its best! 🇺🇸🤝🇩🇪

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🚨 New in Fortune 🚨 CREATE PI Wally Boot discusses the promise and the peril of using AI to combat loneliness in older adults. Can machines really offer social support, or are we missing something human? Read more: fortune.com/well/2025/05...

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The reality of AI's promise to curb older adults' loneliness

Can an AI chatbot help older adults feel less lonely?

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🚨 New in Journal of Applied Gerontology 🚨 Think you know Medicare? 🧠💥 Check out the new Medicare Proficiency Questionnaire —a short, reliable, and validated quiz to assess Medicare know-how! Perfect for advisors, researchers, even AI benchmarking. 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0733... #Medicare #Gerontology

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

📱 Designing tech for mobile devices? Need to assess tech experience of older adults? The Mobile Device Proficiency Questionnaire is your go-to tool! ✅ Full & short forms ✅ Validated in diverse age groups ✅ Ideal for research & training purposes Explore it here: create-center.org/resources/in...

CREATE: Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement

Funded by the National Institute on Aging through the National Institutes of Health, CREATE is a multidisciplinary and collaborative center founded in 1999.

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CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

🚨 New CREATE paper alert! 🚨 Can VR help older adults find their way? 🧓🕶️🗺️ Our latest study says yes—VR wayfinding training improved navigation in new environments (no side effects, just spatial smarts)! Published in Innovation in Aging: doi.org/10.1093/gero... #Aging #VR #CREATEcenter #Gerontology

Assessing the Feasibility and Efficacy of Virtual Reality Navigational Training for Older Adults

AbstractBackground and Objectives. This study evaluates the feasibility of virtual reality (VR) wayfinding training with aging adults and assesses the impa

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🚨 Hot off the press! 🚨 CREATE investigators Czaja, Boot, Charness, and Rogers joined a global team to identify the Grand Challenges of Smart Technology for Older Adults. Essential reading for aging + tech innovators! 👵🤖🌍 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1044... #Aging #SmartTech #CREATEaging #HCI

Grand Challenges of Smart Technology for Older Adults

Smart devices, systems, and services are transforming various aspects of daily life, offering new opportunities for the well-being of older adults. This article explores the grand challenges associ...

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🚨 Registration is closing soon! 🚨 Join us May 1–2, 2025 in NYC for CREATE’s 2-day workshop: Designing for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment. Dive into inclusive design, real-world case studies, & actionable takeaways. 👥 Industry, academia, & research welcome! 👉 create-center.org/register-for...

The Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) invites you to a two-day workshop entitled Designing […]

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

💻📊 From online banking to Medicare, Digital Activities of Daily Living (DADLs) are essential for aging well. A new framework explores their impact on independence & well-being. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/gero...

Developing a Framework for Digital Activities of Daily Living

Abstract. The emergence of digital technologies has shown a promising potential to enhance access to goods, services, and resources. Digital technologies a

CREATE Center @create-center.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🤖 Can AI assistants help older adults find accurate info on Medicare & long-term care? Bard & ChatGPT-4 outperform Alexa & Google, but challenges remain! 📊🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.hf...