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Arizona PBS featured the ASU Roybal Center in an interview with Center Director Dr. Fang Yu. During the segment, Dr. Yu discussed the growing challenges of cognitive decline among older adults living alone and the importance of developing innovative, evidence-based interventions to support healthy aging. The interview highlighted the Roybal Center's mission to advance technology-enabled behavioral interventions that promote independence, improve quality of life, and address the unique needs of this growing population.
Arizona PBS featured the ASU Roybal Center's research on technology-enabled interventions designed to support older adults living alone with cognitive decline. In the interview, Co-Director Dr. David Coon discussed the Center's work, including I-PASS, which uses virtual coaching to encourage physical activity, social connection, and healthy behaviors, and EPIC+, which leverages technology to strengthen social connections and reduce isolation.
For generations, nursing education has been built on a foundation of rigor, discipline and tradition. Those qualities remain essential. But as the health care landscape changes at an unprecedented pace, we can’t stand still on the education front — we have to evolve as well, and at a rapid pace.
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Arizona State University, Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation, seeks a full-time, benefits-eligible, non-tenure-track, 12-month faculty member at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor with an administrative appointment as Assistant Program Director, Grace Center Operations. Under the administrative direction of the Program Director of Grace Center Operations, the Assistant Program Director of Grace Center Operations plays a key leadership role in managing and advancing simulation-based and experiential education within the Grace Center.
Understand the characteristics of Terrapino users, a new mobile health app for cognitive health. Discuss how mobile apps can reach diverse users, including those in remote areas, living alone, or with mobility/health limitations.
The Arizona Digital Health Symposium will bring together health leaders to accelerate the creation and adoption of innovative technologies that can improve the health of Arizonans. This event will serve as a catalyst for advancing digital health research, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and creating and translating groundbreaking innovations into practical applications that improve health outcomes for Arizonans.