EMPOWERING AGING IN PLACE THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH INNOVATION FOR ASIAN OLDER ADULTS - Symposium Session

Sep 28, 2026

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With South Korea and Japan facing super-aging, this symposium addresses how to enable older adults to age in place through community health innovation. It presents a Japan university-led care program for a sustainable delivery system, care-competency education, healthier living environments, and mutual support. It also introduces training to strengthen end-of-life care skills, studies caregiver burden in dementia using multimodal monitoring, and evaluates mobile-based ecological momentary assessment to measure social connectedness in real time.

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Symposium Session 2210

Community health program and sustainable care delivery

End-of-life care skills education

Dementia caregiver burden via multimodal monitoring

Mobile-based EMA for social connectedness measurement

SESSION 2210 (SYMPOSIUM) Abstract citation ID: igaf122.751 EMPOWERING AGING IN PLACE THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH INNOVATION FOR ASIAN OLDER ADULTS Chair: Bada Kang Co-Chair: Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani Discussant: Eleanor McConnell With the super-aging of South Korea and Japan, enabling older adults to age in place has become a critical priority in both countries. This symposium explores transformative approaches that leverage digital technologies and community-driven initiatives in these countries to develop scalable solutions for aging in place. The first presentation introduces a university-led community health program in Japan, designed to establish a sustainable care-delivery system. This program focuses on care-competency education, healthy living environments, and mutual support among care professionals. Using a community-based participatory research approach, it seeks to extend healthy life expectancy by actively involving citizens in their own care. The second presentation highlights an educational program aimed at enhancing end-oflife care skills for both nurses and caregivers. The program createsan engaging and collaborative learning environment for palliative care by integrating dramatic e-learning, expert-led lectures, and professional shadowing. The third presentation examines caregiver burden in dementia care using multimodal monitoring techniques, including sweat patches, actigraphy, and surveys. In identifying the biological, psychological, and social factors contributing to caregiver burden, this study emphasizes the need for tailored interventions to improve care outcomes. The final presentation investigates the feasibility of mobile-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) for measuring social connectedness among older adults. Using real-time data collected from a senior living lab cohort, this study refines assessment methodologies to better understand social connectedness, emotions, and contextual influences. This symposium provides valuable insights into innovative solutions for aging in place to inform the future direction of community-based healthcare for older adults.

FAQs

Why is enabling older adults to age in place a priority in South Korea and Japan?

Both countries face super-aging, making age-in-place support a critical need for older adults.

What is the focus of the first presentation on the Japan university-led program?

It aims to build a sustainable care-delivery system through care-competency education, healthier living environments, and mutual support among care professionals.

How does the symposium evaluate social connectedness among older adults?

It investigates mobile-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA), using real-time data from a senior living lab cohort to refine assessment methods and better capture emotions and contextual influences.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Oliver