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What we are going to talk about today:. Wide range of AT options:To help aging volunteers work.To help aging volunteers stay independent at home.That volunteers might help others work and stay independent in their communities. . Accommodations. To maximize a person's ability to interact with
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1. Assistive Technologyfor Aging:Home & Work
2. What we are going to talk about today: Wide range of AT options:
To help aging volunteers work.
To help aging volunteers stay independent at home.
That volunteers might help others work and stay independent in their communities.
3. Accommodations To maximize a person's ability to interact with a given environment and its demands.
It brings together:
Person
Environment
Task
4. Accommodations
Devices (AT)
ergonomics
work layout
architectural
modification
5. Assistive Technology Low tech
High tech
Purchased
Made or built
Off the shelf
Modified / Adapted
6. Assistive Technology Activities of Daily Living
Positioning and Mobility
Communication
Transportation
Safety
Leisure and Recreation
Adaptive Environments
7. Assessment Evaluate needs:
what needs to be done?
Person - Env- Task
8. Person must be able to: SENSORY:
Receive information for the environment
COGNITIVE:
Process the information
MOTOR:
React physically to the information
9. Entrances Handrails both sides
5x5 standing space
Resting chair
Lighting
Place to set things
No-step entry
Large stairs vs ramps
10. Ramps
11. Doors and Keys
12. Warning and Alert systems
13. Elopement alert systems
14. Living areas - thermostats digital
Large print
Large print ring
“talking”
Automatic
15. Lighting Touch on
Automatic by timer or motion detector
Entryways
Garage
Hallways
Bathrooms
Closets
16. Contrast Stairs
Light switches
Edges of furniture
Color
Texture
17. Mobility
18. Mobility
19. Lifting and transfers Safety of person and caregiver
Conserve energy of person and caregiver
Keep independent as possible, for as long as possible
22. Lift to standing chairs
23. Transfer Boards
25. Lift systems
30. Bathing
31. Bathing
32. Grab bars
33. Toilets
34. Medication
36. Health monitors Thermometers
Blood pressure
Blood glucose
Weight Digital
Large print
“talking”
38. Cups
39. Chores
40. Transportation Driver
Passenger
Transfer
41. Recreation and leisure Books & magazines
Gardening
Cards
Computer
Crafts
TV
Family pictures
Needle work
Woodworking
42. Work Computer
Built in computer accommodations
Adapted keyboards and monitors
Text to speech and speech to text
Phones
Devices per the job tasks
43. State AT programs www.resna.org to find project in your state:
Information and referral about devices and funding
Collaborate on community awareness projects.