Helping Hands Monkey Helpers

Abstract Date Presented 04/01/2022 Older adults’ general decision-making processes and strategies often differ from those of younger adults. This two-phase study used a qualitative grounded theory approach to better understand community-dwelling older adults’ decision making regarding assistive technology (Phase 1) and then narrowed its focus to explore differences and similarities between young-old and old-old adults (Phase 2). Older adults in this study made choices to make life better. Old-old participants sought less information and fewer options. Primary Author and Speaker: Kathleen (Kay) Cahill Graham Additional Authors and Speakers: Laurie Tison