[SeniorTaskForce-News] Senior Task Force: University of Illinois-Research Inquiry & STF June meeting

[Rosanna McLain]

For your information.

Also, as an FYI, the June meeting of the Senior Task Force is tomorrow at the Champaign Public Library at 9:09 a.m.  Our speaker information follows:
The Adult Learning Lab

Mary Terese Campbell

Lab Manager, TALL, Beckman Institute


Hope to see you there.

Rosanna

From: Koon, Lyndsie Marie [mailto:lyndsiek at illinois.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 6:59 PM

Subject: RE: University of Illinois-Research Inquiry

Thank you Loralea for forwarding this information on our behalf (love how you spell your name by the way!)

Rosanna,

We are conducting an intensive interview study to learn more about individuals who are aging with a disability (vision, hearing or mobility). We have specific criteria for our participants and were hoping you would be willing to either post our flyer (attached) or send out an electronic version of our flyer to your members.

See below (original email) for more details OR the attached flyer.

Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Thank you! Lyndsie

Lyndsie M. Koon, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Human Factors & Aging Laboratory
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
lyndsiek at illinois.edu<mailto:lyndsiek at illinois.edu>
(c) 870-974-2760<tel:(870)%20974-2760>
(o) 217-300-5445<tel:(217)%20300-5445>

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From: HFA-Lab [mailto:KCH-HFA-3009 at mx.uillinois.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 3:43 PM
To: Loralea Liss
Cc: Koon, Lyndsie Marie
Subject: University of Illinois-Research Inquiry

Hello,

My name is Dhara Patel and I am a research assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  I spoke with you earlier today about the recruitment of research participants for one of our studies.  As a part of the RERC TechSAge (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Successful Aging with Disability) at the University of Illinois, funded by the U.S. government, we are conducting an interview study that explores the challenges older adults with long-term sensory and mobility impairments have with everyday activities. This project is being conducted by the Human Factors and Aging Laboratory with sites at the University of Illinois and at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Both sites are under the direct supervision of Dr. Wendy Rogers, who is currently a professor at the University of Illinois but just relocated from Georgia Tech. We are interested in understanding what the challenges are and how they manage these challenges as they age. We would appreciate your help spreading the word to qualified individuals in your area.

We wanted to reach out to you to see if it would be possible for you to share our study. Family Services of Champaign County would be a great site to recruit interested research participants from, as our goal is to better understand the everyday experiences of older adults who are aging with a disability.

This is one-time study consists of two parts: 1) questionnaires (~1 hour) and 2) an interview (~1 hour to 1.5 hours). The interview can be completed in-person if located in the Urbana-Champaign area (on campus, in the participant's home, or at a community center) OR remotely via phone call or video call.

Participants will be compensated $30 for participating.

Participants must:

*      Be between the ages of 60-79

*      Self-identify with one of the following:

o  Blind/low vision: having serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses

o  Deaf/hard of hearing: using American Sign Language (ASL) as primary language for communication

o  Mobility impaired: using a mobility aid (i.e., cane, crutches, wheelchair, walker, or scooter) and having serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs (or unable to walk or climb stairs)

*      Have had the vision, hearing or mobility impairment prior to age 50

*      Be fluent in English or American Sign Language (ASL)

*      Live in the United States

Would you be willing to share this opportunity? If so, what would be the best way to reach people? I would be happy to mail you a stack of flyers (attached) or create a blurb for a newsletter, e-blast, or Facebook post. Please let me know your preference.

Feel free to email or call if you have any questions/concerns about the study. Thank you for your support our research!

Lyndsie Koon would be the primary contact for this study (CCed in this email).  You can reach her at 217-300-5445 or at lyndsiek at illinois.edu<mailto:lyndsiek at illinois.edu>.

Best,

Dhara Patel
--
Human Factors and Aging Laboratory
217-300-5445<tel:217-300-5445>
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