“Assistive devices help make daily activities easier and safer,” says Elin Schold Davis, a Minneapolis-based occupational therapist and older driver coordinator at the American Occupational Therapy Association. “Assistive devices are a wide variety of tools, devices, and technologies that are designe...
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Those scoring the REA Form for Older Adults were two professionals in the field of assistive devices for older adults. Secondary outcome The responses to the open-ended questions in the VR Experience Worksheet were assessed as the secondary outcome. The questions included the following: 1. How di...
Dexterity, visibility, hand-eye-coordination, task complexity and cognitive ability need to be considered when assigning assistive devices for older adults with vision and/or hearing loss. 展开 关键词: Assistive devices assistive listening technology deafblindness low vision usability visibility vision ...
Stanford’s David Jaffe has defined an assistive robot as, ‘a device that can sense, process sensory information, and perform actions that benefit people with disabilities and older adults in the course of their daily living’ [7]. According to this definition, many social robots are also ...
The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the impact of assistive devices on the life satisfaction of (Research Question 1), and informal caregiving hours received by (Research Question 2), community-dwelling older adults (≥ 65 years). We se
OBJECTIVE: Describe the use of assistive technology to enhance communication opportunities for older adults. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted in two databases, PubMed and Web of Science, by using two different searches in each. The search was limited to original articles, in English ...
older adults ( greater than 65 years) from the 1990 National Health Interview Survey and Assistive Device Supplement are analyzed to determine if selected demographic and health variables are associated with the use of assistive devices, multiple-device use, and the expressed need for such devices....
Little is known regarding how minority older adults differ in AT use as they age. This study examined race and ethnic differences in AT use among a nationally representative sample of older adults in the United States. Design: Weighted logistic regression analyses were conducted using the 2012 ...
Taking care of older adults is among the major challenges currently faced by ageing populations. Researchers, designers, and engineers have proposed socially assistive robots as one way of helping elderly people stay in their homes longer. In a systematic literature review, this paper wants to ...