assistive technology

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technology
noun[C or U]
uk /tekˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ us /tekˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/
(the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of ...
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Examples of assistive technology

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Two detailed chapters then examine assistivetechnology.
Devices and desires : identifying the acceptability of assistivetechnology to older people.
A comparison of assistivetechnology and personal care in alleviating disability and unmet need.
The remaining priority, that between compensatory and assistivetechnology, should also be rather obvious.
Therefore, universal technology is, as a general principle, superior to compensatory or assistivetechnology.
He concludes that assistivetechnology has great potential for older people.
We found that assistivetechnology was frequently used in the daily life of elderly stroke patients.
The semi-structured interview schedule had three main sections : background, the nature and severity of disabilities, and the assistivetechnology.
It is not expensive for the community to equip these patients and their caregivers with assistivetechnology.
Occupational therapy is an important component in such a multidisciplinary program, including the use of assistivetechnology.
This 12-month follow-up study has indicated the importance of a continuum and evaluation of assistivetechnology.
Effectiveness of assistivetechnology and environmental interventions in maintaining independence and reducing home care costs for the frail elderly.
The degree to which access to compensatory and assistivetechnology can be influenced by healthcare professionals differs between countries and healthcare systems.
However, there is no randomized controlled study that has examined the effect of acute stroke unit care on the use and costs of assistivetechnology.
This study shows that economic resources for assistivetechnology should be made available for this vulnerable group of elderly stroke patients.
There was no difference in use and total mean cost per patient of assistivetechnology during the first year after stroke.
The patients who withdrew for various reasons (10) did not seem to influence the result since none of them had extensive need of assistivetechnology.
Resources for therapeutic, compensatory, and assistivetechnology can be redistributed in this way, but universal technology has to be treated differently.
The project identified that there has been very limited exploitation of the opportunities offered by assistivetechnology for people with dementia and their carers.
If this manifest genius had not been equipped with the right kind of assistivetechnology, the world would have lost his ongoing contribution to science.
Assistivetechnology makes it possible for the individual to perform a task or activity despite an (uncompensated) disability or lack of function.
A problem that cannot be solved with therapeutic technology should if possible be solved with universal technology, even if alternative solutions with compensatory or assistivetechnology are available.
Information on the use and cost of assistivetechnology presented in this study was collected through a structured interview questionnaire carried out at 3 and 12 months.
It should also be pointed out that the team's total contribution was difficult to evaluate in terms of assistivetechnology, because of its are advantages and disadvantages.
A problem that cannot be solved with therapeutic or universal technology should, if possible, be solved with compensatory technology, even if alternative solutions with assistivetechnology are available.
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