Over the last 4 months we ran a special-interest group on community navigation held at an assisted-living facility. The group study has been completed and some initial data will be available soon.

The first few weeks were spent outlining the participant's normal schedules, navigation tasks, and difficulties. We also interviewed the participants about places they would like to go but cannot, or do not feel comfortable, going to. At later meetings researchers went with participants on "excursions" to try out various navigation aids such as spoken directions, written directions, images, and maps. Throughout the 4 months our project team kept track of the participant's navigation tasks for each week, cataloging destinations, mode of transportation, and any difficulties which arose during the excursion.