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Following a competitive, nationwide call for proposals, AGE-WELL is pleased to announce funding for nine cutting-edge research projects through its 2024 AgeTech Advance: Healthy Aging Research Program (HARP), aimed at advancing the development and application of technology-enabled solutions that support healthy aging.

UVic psychologist, Jonathan Rush was awarded a grant by Healthy Aging Research Program grant, titled, ‘A Just-In-Time Adaptive mHealth Intervention for Dementia Prevention’.

Rush leads a research project focused on promoting physical activity to help prevent dementia. Taking a personalized approach, the research team is integrating mobile cognitive assessments into real-time smartphone and wearable sensors to monitor older adults’ cognitive function and physicial activity to offer them accessible interventions designed to reduce dementia risk.

Rush is an early career researcher within five years of his first academic appointment.

Notably, a key component of these research projects is actively engaging older adults and caregivers to make sure solutions align with real-world needs and priorities.