@article {06e619f31b704a6aac139d76533ff57c,
	title = {Cooperation with Complex Research Protocols: The Use of Global Positioning Systems with Cognitively Impaired Elders {\textendash} A Preliminary Report},
	journal = {Open Longevity Science (Formerly {\textquoteright}The Open Aging Journal{\textquoteright})},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {1{\textendash}8},
	publisher = {Bentham Science Publishers B.V.},
	abstract = {Recently developed tracking technologies may be useful in managing mobility problems among elders with cognitive impairment. For clinical and research purposes it is critical to assess research participants{\textquoteright} cooperation with the tracking protocol. The aim of the current study was to assess the ability of older adults with various levels of cognitive impairment to participate in GPS-based studies. Fifty-three participants aged 63+ and their study partners were interviewed. Participants were tracked for four weeks, 24 hours a day, using a location kit combining Global Positioning System with Radio Frequency Identification technology. Participants{\textquoteright} cooperation was associated with positive affect (r = 0.35, p < .01), life satisfaction and study partner{\textquoteright}s older age (r =0.37, p<.01). Advanced tracking technologies offer a feasible method of measuring outdoor mobility behavior of older adults. This preliminary study sets the stage for further data collection via innovative technologies and design interventions to manage mobility problems.},
	issn = {1876-326X},
	doi = {10.2174/1876326x01004010001},
	author = {Auslander, Gail K. and Shirli Werner and Noam Shoval and Michal Isaacson and Ruth Landau and Jeremia Heinik}
}
