Caregiving & Well-Being

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• 2024

• 2023 Expand section

  • Lee, C., Balmuth, A., D’Ambrosio, L., Felts, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2023, July). Technologies and Services to Support Care: Family Caregivers’ Experiences and Perspectives. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 307-330). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

  • Gaube, S., Suresh, H., Raue, M., Lermer, E., et al (2023). Non-task Expert Physicians Benefit from Correct Explainable AI Advice when Reviewing X-Rays. Scientific Reports. 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28633-w

• 2022

• 2021 Expand section

  • Lermer, E., Hudecek, M.F.C., Gaube, S., Raue, M., and Batz, F. "Early and Later Perceptions and Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: On Predictors of Behavioral Responses and Guideline Adherence During the Restrictions." Frontiers in Psychology, 26 November 2021.

  • Patskanick, T.R., Miller, J.B., D’Ambrosio, L.A., & Coughlin, J.F. A Day in the Life: Exploring Risk and Resilience among a Sample of the Active “Oldest Old” during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Keynote). Boston Area Research Initiative Conference 2021.

  • Patskanick, T.R., Miller, J.B., D’Ambrosio, L.A.,  & Coughlin, J.F. Supporting the Growth of Teen-Led Intergenerational Programming: Lessons from the MIT AgeLab OMEGA Program. (2021). Generations United Global Intergenerational Conference.

• 2020 Expand section

  • Miller, J., Patskanick, T., D'Ambrosio, L., and Coughlin, J.F. (2020). Staying Isolated in Order to Stay Safe: Exploring Experiences of the MIT AgeLab 85+ Lifestyle Leaders during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of Gerontological Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1772437

  • Rudnik, J., Patskanick, T., Miller, J., and Coughlin, J.F. (2020) Hardly Silent: Exploring Civic Engagement and Participation among a Panel of Adults Ages 85+. The Journal of Gerontological Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1766627

  • Patskanick, T., Miller, J., Lee, C., FakhrHosseini, M., D’Ambrosio, L. & Coughlin, J.F. (2020). An exploratory analysis of social and care robotic agent adoption with the oldest old, 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR 2020), January 15-19, Washington, DC (poster presentation, abstract only).

• 2019 Expand section

  • Lee, C., FakhrHosseini, M., Miller, J., Patskanick, T. & Coughlin, J.F. (2019). The oldest olds’ perceptions of social robots. 5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, held as part of 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2019), July 26-31, Orlando, FL.

  • Patskanick, T., Miller, J., Lee, C., D’Ambrosio, L., & Coughlin, J.F. (2019). Providing and receiving care across the life course: insights from the oldest old. The Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting (GSA 2019), November 13-17, Austin, TX (abstract only).

  • Patskanick, T., Miller., J., D’Ambrosio, L., Lee, C. & Coughlin, J.F. (2019). Mapping the future of hearables: lessons from online and the oldest old consumers. 5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, held as part of 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2019), July 26-31, Orlando, FL.

• 2018 Expand section

  • Brady, S., Miller, J., Ward, C., Raue, M., D’Ambroiso, L., Ellis, D., Felts, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). Maintaining Independence: Health, Disability and Staying in Shape. Innovation in Aging, 2, suppl. 1, 623.

  • Brady, S., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Felts, A., Rula, E. Y., Kell, K. P., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). Reducing isolation and loneliness through membership in a fitness program for older adults: Implications for health. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 1(21), doi: 10.1177/0733464818807820.

  • Lin, C. X., Lee, C., Lally, D., Coughlin, J. F. (2018). Impact of virtual reality (VR) experience on older adults' well-being. In J. Zhou & G. Salvendy (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Applications in Health, Assistance, and Entertainment. ITAP 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10927. Springer, Cham. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92037-5_8.

  • Miller, J., Brady, S., Lee, C., D’Ambrosio, L. A., Raue, M., Ward, C., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). How the “oldest old” experience and adapt to vision and hearing loss through the use of assistive technologies. Proceedings of the Technology, Mind, and Society Conference, Washington, D.C, April 5-7. http://doi.org/10.1145/3183654.3183688.

  • Raue, M., Miller, J., Ward, C., Brady, S., D’Ambrosio, L., Ellis, D., Felts, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). Staying Social: Socioemotional Connections and Meaning-Making. Innovation in Aging, 2, suppl. 1, 623.

• 2017

• 2016 Expand section

  • Lavallière, M.; Burstein, A. A.; Arezes, P., and Coughlin, J. F. (2016). Tackling the challenges of an aging workforce with the use of wearable technologies and the quantified-self. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online], vol. 83, n.197, pp.38-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/dyna.v83n197.57588. (pdf)

• 2015 Expand section

  • Burstein, A.A., DaDalt, O., Kramer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Coughlin, J. F. (2015). Dementia caregivers and technology: Interest outstrips awareness. Gerontechnology, 14(1), 45-56. (pdf)

  • Lavallière, M., Arezes, P., Burstein, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015, February). The quantified-self and wearable technologies in the workplace: Implications and challenges. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene SHO2015, Guimarães, Portugal.

• 2014 Expand section

  • Coughlin, J. F. (2014). Technology, innovation, and developing a NexGen aging services workforce. Public Policy & Aging Report, 24(1): 6-9.

  • Ellis, D., Houser, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). An exploratory study of caregiver stress, fatigue & worry in the United States. MIT AgeLab White Paper No 2014-5. Cambridge, MA.

  • Kramer, B. (2014). Dementia caregivers in Germany and their acceptance of new technologies for care: The information gap. Public Policy & Aging Report, 24(1): 32-34.

  • Myrick, R. J. (2014). The social implications of a technology for medication compliance. Public Policy & Aging Report, 24(1): 25-26.

  • Shibata, T., & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). Trends of robot therapy with neurological theraputic seal robot, PARO. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 26(4), 418-425.

• 2013 Expand section

  • Asai, D., Orszulak, J., Lee, C., Myrick, R., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Coughlin, J. F. & de Weck, O.L. (2013). Using mature children living apart to improve parents' medication compliance, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2013), February 23-27, San Antonio, TX.

• 2012 Expand section

  • Coughlin, J. F. (2012) Managing Risks & Realizing Opportunities: Can Well-Being Services Improve the Outcomes of Health Insurance Exchanges? Paper presentation to Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Blue 365

  • Doshi-Velez, F., Li, W., Battat, Y., Charrow, B., Curthis, D., Park, J., Hemachandra, S., Velez, J., Walsh, C., Fredette, D., Reimer, B., Roy, N., & Teller, S. (2012). Improving safety and operational efficiency in residential care settings with wifi-based localization. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 13(6) (2012), pp. 558-563.

• 2011

• 2010 Expand section

  • Coughlin, J. F. (2010). Consumer-centered innovation: Envisioning new business opportunities in the development of a health services ecosystem. MIT AgeLab White Paper, 2010-1, Cambridge, MA.

• 2009 Expand section

  • Coughlin, J. F., Lau, J., D'Ambrosio, L. A. & Reimer, B. (2009). Adult children's perception of intelligent home systems in the care of elderly parents. 3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). Singapore.