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"Mission is to make supportive housing and home modification a more integral component of successful aging, long-term care, preventive health, and the development of elder-friendly communities. The Center offers a vision for the future as well as practical strategies and materials for policymakers, practitioners, consumers, manufacturers, suppliers, and researchers."
"The National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification is a university-based, non-profit organization dedicated to promote aging in place and independent living for persons of all ages and abilities." www.usc.edu/dept/gero/nrcshhm/

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"To function independently, people of all ages must learn to assimilate technology into their daily lives."
http://www.psychology.gatech.edu/create

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Intel
Proactive Health lab

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Philips
Care Everywhere

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NASA
Molecule-size sensors

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"Gerontechnology: A Class on Aging with Technology"
Link to proposal for classes in Gerontechnology for the University of North Texas Gerontology Program. This is a Capstone project for Master's Degree.

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Universal Design Education Online Teaching and Learning Web site

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Purpose "Technology for Long Term Care" is a Web site for professionals engaged in planning, designing, managing, researching, and care giving in long-term care settings. This site focuses on technologies related to important care issues including: fall prevention/detection, wander management, assistance call systems and incontinence management. The Web site's content supports the dual objectives of informing and educating the long-term care provider or potential consumer about available technology products."
http://www.techforltc.org

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Purdue University College of Engineering, Intelligent Infrastructure Systems research
 Purdue's  Nanotechnologies and Nanophotonics (NANO)

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Environmental Protection Agency's nanotechnology site:
www.epa.gov/ncer/nano

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Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies:
www.nanotechproject.org

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http://www.foresight.org/

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"Mind, brain, and emerging technologies"
Positive Technology Journal
By Andrea Gaggioli, Ph.D
http://gaggio.blogspirit.com

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Ray Kurzweil's site
"KurzweilAI.Net focuses on the exponential growth of intelligence, both biological and machine, and their merger, as humans transcend biology"
http://www.kurzweilai.net/

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A vision about the role of technology as a means of maintaining and continually improving the functional independence and quality of life in aging individuals through gerontechnological solutions in the home, community, and institutional environments of elderly people.

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SMART HOUSES INFO/LINKS

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GREEN building... the perfect technology partner... INFO/links
http://www.dentoncountyseniorservices.org/green.html
Accessible, adaptive, sustainable solutions.

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AAHSA's - Technology Initiative - the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)
CAST is "a clearinghouse of information about emerging technologies in aging services"

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I S G International Society for Gerontechnology http://www.gerontechnology.info/ "Designing technology and environment for independent living and social participation of older persons in good health, comfort and safety." ----------------- International journal on the fundamental aspects of technology to serve the ageing society http://www.gerontechnology.info/Journal/index.html

The Gerontological Society of America - G S A http://www.geron.org/ -------------- GSA-TAG - Formal Interest Group on Technology & Aging http://faculty.cua.edu/tran/gsa-tag/index.htm

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"AGEtree is a practical interactive web guide for designers. It offers specific product design guidelines linked to different aspects of human aging." (d-science lab - design sciences research center -

(And... AGEtree's very awesome links to design Resources:)

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Intel's Proactive Health Research Site:


Intel's Proactive Health Research is exploring the ways in which ubiquitous computing can support the daily health and wellness needs of people in their homes and everyday lives.

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MIT AGElab

"We develop new ideas to improve the quality of life for older adults and those who care for them".

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Trace Research & Development Center
"The Trace Research & Development Center is a part of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1971, Trace has been a pioneer in the field of technology and disability."

Trace Center Mission Statement: "To prevent the barriers and capitalize on the opportunities presented by current and emerging information and telecommunication technologies, in order to create a world that is as accessible and usable as possible for as many people as possible."
http://trace.wisc.edu/

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The Israel Center for Assistive Technology and Aging
(GeronTech) is "a non-profit organization established in 1998 as a joint venture of ESHEL - The Association for the Planning & Development of Services for the Aged in Israel and MJHS - The Metropolitan Jewish Health System, in New York"

"GeronTech's available know-how in assistive and rehabilitation technology, engineering, industrial design, gerontology, and product development is dedicated to the advancement of inclusive design for consumer durable products (i.e., products that, as far as possible, are accessible to everyone, regardless of age or disability)."

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AttentiveCare is an Internet-based caregiver support system that enables care to be provided remotely via the Internet.

http://caregivertech.com

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http://www.vifamilies.com

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http://www.resna.org/ProfResources/Links/Links.php

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More on Telemedicine:

>>> Federal Telemedicine News Publishes info on telemedicine, telehealth, and healthcare technology.
>>> Indian Health Service
>>> The V A.
>>> Specific to Home Care... (A great nuts and bolts site)
>>> Current Legislative Developments
>>> eHealth Initiative's Connecting Communities Toolkit
>>> Key Findings from the 2005 eHI Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange

Conferences & conference reports

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CAST/ NIST/Commerce summit on interoperability of healthcare devices taking place on October 18 and 19.

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The National Health Information Network: Partnerships, Progress, Results
Washington, DC - June, 2006

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Healthcare Unbound Conference & Exhibition
Cambridge, MA - July 17-18, 2006

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The 2nd International Conference on Technology and Aging
Toronto, Canada - June, 2007

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1st ISG Master class: Gerontechnology for PhD students.
...MORE >>>
Lectures and presentations ...MORE >>>

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Consortium for Multi-Faceted Gerontechnology Research
http://www.unitedhebrewgeriatric.org/
Program Graduates First Class Seniors and Students to Close the Digital Divide >>> INFO_
IBM Grant Awarded - >>> INFO_

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Human Technology:
"Investigating the human role in existing and emerging technologies"
http://www.humantechnology.jyu.fi/
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Volume 2, Number 1, April 2006 - "SPECIAL ISSUE ON HUMAN TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS"
>>> VIEW PDF-FILE:155pp <<<
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More Journal issues: http://www.humantechnology.jyu.fi/
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(Publisher: Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä - Finland - http://www.jyu.fi/en/)

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http://www.malaysiagis.com/
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Article: "Assessing the Coverage, Adequacy and Accessibility of Health Services for the Malaysian Elderly: A GIS-Based Approach"

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