Adopting assistive technologies for the support and care of people with mild dementia living at home—Understanding the decision-making process: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Assistive technologies may play a crucial role in addressing needs of people with dementia. While technical feasibility often drives development, the decision-making process that might lead to their adoption (or rejection) is not fully ...
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From abandonment to adoption: advancing assistive technologies for blindness and low vision in the AI era [PDF]
Frontiers in Digital HealthAssistive technologies can enhance safety, independence, and quality of life for people with blindness and low vision. Despite their benefits, abandonment of these technologies remains widespread, and recent research on this issue is limited.
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Highlighting the need for more holistic, participatory design of assistive technologies in displacement settings [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthForced displacement exacerbates existing disabilities and can lead to the development of functional impairments, especially for women, children, and aging populations. Estimates indicate 15 to 33% of displaced individuals live with disabilities, but data
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Theories, models and frameworks to understand barriers to the provision of mobility-assistive technologies: a scoping review [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives There is strong evidence that mobility-assistive technologies improve occupational performance, social participation, educational and employment access and overall quality of life in people with disabilities.
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Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by Albert Cook, Sue Hussey, and Janice Polgar, Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, Sixth Edition, provides detailed coverage
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Digital assistive technologies for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review of systematic reviews by the INTERDEM AI & assistive technology taskforce [PDF]
Digital HealthIntroduction The use of digital assistive technologies by and for people living with dementia is promising for supporting social health and advocated as a partial solution to growing prevalence worldwide.
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Introducing JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies: A Venue for Publishing Interdisciplinary Research on the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Health Innovations and Emerging Technologies in the Field of Rehabilitation [PDF]
JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive TechnologiesRehabilitation supports the affected individual and their caregivers in managing the health condition and its associated symptoms, altering the environment to accommodate needs, adapting tasks for safe and independent performance, facilitating
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JMIR Research ProtocolsBackgroundThere has been a rapid growth in the literature on the design and evaluation of assistive technologies for people with visual impairments; yet, there is a lack of a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature on ...
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IEEE Access, 2023 The development of new technologies and their expanding use in a wide range of educational environments are driving the transformation of higher education. Assistive technologies are cutting-edge technologies that can help students learn more effectively
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Assistive technology for the differently abled and older adults has made remarkable achievements in providing rehabilitative, adaptive, and assistive devices.
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