Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies (ACCESS) Phase 1

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Project Citation:

Rogers, Wendy. Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies (ACCESS) Phase 1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E237650V1

Project Description

Summary: This study was conducted as part of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging among People with Long-Term Disabilities (RERC TechSAge). The Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies (ACCESS) project, a mixed-methods investigation into the daily challenges faced by individuals aging with long-term disabilities. Participants completed questionnaires and a structured interview exploring the nature and distribution of challenges with activities at home and in the community, as well as their response strategies to manage these challenges. ACCESS data are being used to develop a taxonomy of everyday support needs and provide guidance for the design of supportive technologies for this understudied population. The current dataset is for Phase 1 of the ACCESS study (N=180) which focused on three target populations: (1) individuals who are Deaf/hard of hearing and use American Sign Language as their primary language; (2) individuals with mobility impairment; and (3) individuals who are Blind/ have low vision. There were 60 individuals in each group.

Funding Sources: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (90RE5016-01-00)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: interview; survey

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2016 – 2019

Collection Date(s): 2016 – 2019

Universe: Three distinct target populations of adults aging with long-term disability: (1) individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing and use American Sign Language as their primary language; (2) individuals with mobility impairment; and (3) individuals who are Blind or have low vision

To be eligible for this study, participants had to meet the following general inclusion criteria: be between the ages of 60 and 79; able to communicate in English or American Sign Language; and live in the United States.

Participants were also required to meet the criteria for one of the three target groups (Deaf/hard of hearing, mobility, Blind/low vision) and have been living with that diagnosis prior to the age of 50.

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Response Rate: Information on number of participants screened and reasons for ineligibility is no longer available. 184 individuals enrolled in the study; of these, data were excluded for 4 participants for reasons including: unable to reach, no longer interested, and failure to complete questionnaires. The final sample includes 180 participants.

Sampling: Convenience sample

Collection Mode(s): mail questionnaire; mixed mode; other; telephone interview; web-based survey

Scales:

Several Likert-type scales were used. See technical report for information on source materials and the full assessments (Remillard, Mitzner, Singleton, Koon, & Rogers, 2018).

Unit(s) of Observation: individuals

Geographic Unit: United States

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