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Adaptive Equipment For Dementia Patients. Adaptive equipment designed to help individuals with decreased mobility, balance, motor control or vision loss often helps the dementia patient. Other types of adaptive equipment are specially designed for patients with memory loss. Equipment may function as warning devices, such as alarms that sound when the door is opened, or promote safety, such...

Whether throwing a ball, paddling a canoe, lifting boxes, or pushing a lawn mower, we rely heavily on our shoulders to perform a number of activities. Normally, the shoulder has a wide range of motion, making it the most mobile joint in the body.

very interresting!

Meet Max, the Virtual Guidedog Max is a real, assistive device for those that are visually impaired, totally blind, print impaired, or mobility impaired so all enjoy the Immersive Internet.

Includes two home/mobility/ADLS assessments by registered OT's. Must meet qualification criteria (limited to counties in California).

Use the below search engine to view members' videos. If you view a video, please consider contributing one of your own. You must be a member and logged onto the site to upload videos. If your click search you get all videos, in the category drop down box there are choices to narrow down your results, such as tetraplegia, paraplegia, type of transfer or skill.

As we talk about community mobility, I thought about this change Disney is making. An interesting read if you are thinking about taking a disabled person to Disney.

Purpose To provide mobility to citizens in a 16 county area. Eligibility The program provides public and medical transportation. Residents are asked to schedule an appointment at least 72 hours in advance. Medical trips have priority. Fares One-way trip is $3.00 or $6.00 for a round trip within the county of residence.

I feel this is a great resource for individuals and their loved ones upon initial injury or diagnosis of an illness. It has short explanations about many different common conditions from spinal cord injury and questions one might have to psychological disorders. I feel it could be a great way for people to find out more if they wish to do it in a more private setting. It talks about sports, travel, school, work etc. It is based in Europe. Their ambassador's have disabilities so they have more insight than others might!

This is a little compilation of many of the wrist and hand injuries that can occur. It includes just a brief explanation of what it is and what it can affect.

Great handout! Covers many areas.

I feel this gives a good overview of some of the things that we addressed in class which could be helpful to us and our patients.

Are you in the Living Zone or in the Unfortunately, many of us have found ourselves living in the Tolerance Zone - tolerating our limited strength and mobility. We've given up fighting the battle and have come to accept our current limitations as inevitable.

Neurological Disorders Many illnesses target the nervous system, affecting mobility, speech and skill, just as in stroke. Rehabilitation plays a key role in providing treatment and improving symptoms. Scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conduct research across the country to study neurological disorders.

Although we seldom think about them this way, most American communities as they exist today were built for the spry and mobile. We've constructed millions of multi-story, single-family homes where the master bedroom is on the second floor, where the lawn outside requires weekly upkeep, where the mailbox is a stroll away.

I found this really interesting as we're discussing ageing in place and accessibility in housing. One wonders how society as a whole will handle this issue as a huge demographic ages.

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CDC's public health activities to prevent and control disease include a substantial focus on chronic disease management. Advance care planning can be a gift you give yourself and your family. It is about doing what you can to ensure that your wishes and preferences are consistent with the health care treatment you might receive if you were unable to speak for yourself or make your own decisions.

Amazing!

This is very good website about Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is very easy to follow the description about the disease, symptoms and treatments. From the website I found out that cigarettes participants in more risk to develop RA. The website provides knowledge about alternative methods of treating RA such as (hot packs/cold packs, etc). Different types of exercise like swimming, biking, walking, yoga, tai chi can improving mobility. Author of the website writes about natural supplements such as Fish oil that may slow down deformities associated with disease.