BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221128T201855Z UID:53F324FB-A27A-49BB-8BD0-D6318236A8EC DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T200000 DESCRIPTION:As the disease progresses\, the persons living with dementia ma y lose their capabilities for rational thinking required to interact with mainstream technological applications. However\, they preserve their curio sity\, sense of beauty\, enjoyment\, the need for communication\, and comp anionship. Technology needs to adapt to turn challenges into successes. Du ring this presentation\, we will show different examples of technological adaptations that promote stimulation and engagement at various stages of t he disease\, focusing on the abilities that the persons still preserve.\n\ nPaula's shares her preparation for the profession:\n\nPaula Muller\, who is the Founder of Sociavi\, has a lifelong passion for technology applied to healthcare\, starting with her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering in Chile working with the blind\, then her work in Switzerland analyzing EEGs to pr event epileptic seizures\, followed by her Ph.D. and Post-doc work at Rutg ers with Parkinson patients\, and later at Authentidate with Telehealth pr oducts and services. Paula is Certified Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia C are Training (CADDCT) and Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP)\, and volu nteers as bilingual Community Educator for the Alzheimer's Association.\n\ nCo-sponsored by: IEEE NJ Coast PACE SIGHT Computer Chapter\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr Paula Muller\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00pm Introduction to the Lecturer:\n\nS peaker: Paula Muller\, Ph.D.\, DSA-NC\, CDC\, CADDCT\, CDP\n\nTitle: Adapt ing Technology to Promote Stimulation and Engagement for Older Adults and People Living with Dementia\n\nPaula Muller\, who is Founder of Sociavi\, has a lifelong passion for technology applied to healthcare\, starting wit h her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering in Chile working with the blind\, the n her work in Switzerland analyzing EEGs to prevent epileptic seizures\, f ollowed by her Ph.D. and Post-doc work at Rutgers with Parkinson patients\ , and later at Authentidate with Telehealth products and services. Paula i s Certified Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia Care Training (CADDCT) and Ce rtified Dementia Practitioner (CDP)\, and volunteers as bilingual Communit y Educator for the Alzheimer's Association.\n\nPresentation\n\nQuestions a nd Discussion\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/326339 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/326339 ORGANIZER:kit.august@gmail.com SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:IEEE Day PACE SIGHT Computer Chapter: Adapting Technology to Promot e Stimulation and Engagement for Older Adults and People Living with Demen tia URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/326339 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38\; margi n-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-fam ily: Arial\; color: #000000\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-style: normal\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">As the disease progre sses\, the persons living with dementia may lose their capabilities for ra tional thinking required to interact with mainstream technological applica tions. However\, they preserve their curiosity\, sense of beauty\, enjoyme nt\, the need for communication\, and companionship. Technology needs to a dapt to turn challenges into successes. During this presentation\, we will show different examples of technological adaptations that promote stimula tion and engagement at various stages of the disease\, focusing on the abi lities that the persons still preserve.</span></p>\n<p dir="ltr" style="li ne-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><span style="fon t-size: 12pt\; font-family: Arial\; color: #000000\; background-color: tra nsparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-style: normal\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\; ">Paula's shares her preparation for the profession: </span></p>\n<p dir=" ltr" style="line-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><s pan style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Arial\; color: #000000\; backgro und-color: transparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-style: normal\; font-vari ant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-spa ce: pre-wrap\;"><span style="color: #000000\; font-family: 'Arial'\; font- variant: normal\; font-weight: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Paula Muller\, who is the Founder of Sociavi\, has a lifelong passion for techno logy applied to healthcare\, starting with her M.S. in Biomedical Engineer ing in Chile working with the blind\, then her work in Switzerland analyzi ng EEGs to prevent epileptic seizures\, followed by her Ph.D. and Post-doc work at Rutgers with Parkinson patients\, and later at Authentidate with Telehealth products and services. Paula is Certified Alzheimer&rsquo\;s Di sease &amp\; Dementia Care Training (CADDCT) and Certified Dementia Practi tioner (CDP)\, and volunteers as bilingual Community Educator for the Alzh eimer's Association.</span></span></p>\n<div dir="ltr">&nbsp\;</div><br /> <br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:00pm Introduction to the Lecturer:</p>\n<p>Speake r: Paula Muller\, Ph.D.\, DSA-NC\, CDC\, CADDCT\, CDP</p>\n<p>Title: Adapt ing Technology to Promote Stimulation and Engagement for Older Adults and People Living with Dementia</p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\; font-fam ily: 'Arial'\; font-size: 12pt\; font-variant: normal\; font-weight: norma l\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Paula Muller\, who is Founder of Sociavi\, has a lifelong passion for technology applied to healthcare\, starting wi th her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering in Chile working with the blind\, th en her work in Switzerland analyzing EEGs to prevent epileptic seizures\, followed by her Ph.D. and Post-doc work at Rutgers with Parkinson patients \, and later at Authentidate with Telehealth products and services. Paula is Certified Alzheimer&rsquo\;s Disease &amp\; Dementia Care Training (CAD DCT) and Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP)\, and volunteers as bilingu al Community Educator for the Alzheimer's Association.</span></p>\n<p>Pres entation</p>\n<p>Questions and Discussion</p>\n<h1 class="text-heading-xla rge inline t-24 v-align-middle break-words">&nbsp\;</h1> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR