{"id":37065,"date":"2010-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:36:02","slug":"function-research-to-help-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Function research to help seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

To determine a patient’s level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.<\/p>\n

Those are not very useful because the answers are subjective and don’t measure function, said Stephen Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of geriatrics and pharmacology and experimental neuroscience at UNMC.<\/p>\n

Instead, Dr. Bonasera is developing a nonintrusive mobile monitoring system that will objectively measure function and impact how health care is delivered for older people. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n

\n\"picture
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/TR>
\n

\nStephen Bonasera, Ph.D.<\/span>
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/TR>
\n<\/TABLE>He uses cell phones, Bluetooth and GPS technology to monitor a person’s movement. <\/p>\n

As part of Dr. Bonasera’s study, monitors that are smaller than a deck of cards will be plugged into every room in the home. A weak Bluetooth signal captures the amount of time a person spends in that room. When they go outside, the GPS tracks activity in the community.<\/p>\n

“All we know is where that person is and how long they are there,” Dr. Bonasera said. “This system will measure precisely how drugs affect functionality. For example, does the new drug help a person with Alzheimer’s disease maintain everyday behavior?” <\/p>\n

His model soon will be ready for human trials.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bonasera’s research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the state’s tobacco settlement dollars.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To determine a patient’s level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","author_override-elizabeth-kumru-unmc-public-relations"],"yoast_head":"\nFunction research to help seniors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To determine a patient's level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Function research to help seniors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To determine a patient's level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-02T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-03T01:36:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chuck Brown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chuck Brown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chuck Brown\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/f99efde0b91c6c20a256357d501c35d3\"},\"headline\":\"Function research to help seniors\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-02T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-03T01:36:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\",\"name\":\"Function research to help seniors\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-02T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-03T01:36:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"To determine a patient's level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":172},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Function research to help seniors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/unmc\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/f99efde0b91c6c20a256357d501c35d3\",\"name\":\"Chuck Brown\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/f4b9ec30ad9f68f89b29639786cb62ef\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Function research to help seniors","description":"To determine a patient's level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Function research to help seniors","og_description":"To determine a patient's level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2010-09-02T05:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-03T01:36:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Chuck Brown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chuck Brown","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/"},"author":{"name":"Chuck Brown","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/f99efde0b91c6c20a256357d501c35d3"},"headline":"Function research to help seniors","datePublished":"2010-09-02T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-03T01:36:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/"},"wordCount":220,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/","name":"Function research to help seniors","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg","datePublished":"2010-09-02T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-03T01:36:02+00:00","description":"To determine a patient's level of function, health care providers traditionally have relied on responses to questionnaires.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bonasera810a.jpg","width":300,"height":172},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/09\/02\/function-research-to-help-seniors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Function research to help seniors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/f99efde0b91c6c20a256357d501c35d3","name":"Chuck Brown","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/f4b9ec30ad9f68f89b29639786cb62ef\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88547,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37065\/revisions\/88547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}