The Future of Electronic Aids to Daily Living

Lange, Michelle L.

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“…In many respects, vehicle ITS technologies share similar concerns with computer interfaces for communication or environmental control, in particular in relation to access and customization options to suit people with a range of impairments (Anson, 2001;Lange, 2002). Provision of guidelines on product and interface evaluation is beyond the scope of this paper.…”

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Intelligent transport systems and occupational therapy practice

Stefano

Macdonald

2003

Occupation Therapy Intl

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Intelligent transport systems and occupational therapy practice

Stefano

Macdonald

2003

Occupation Therapy Intl

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“…The technology that we use today would have been beyond our scope of comprehension when occupational therapists first began to incorporate technological devices into practice. With the advancements of the last decade, we now have access to complex technology, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (Arbesman & Pellerito, 2008), robotic devices (Rosenstein, Ridgel, Thota, Samame, & Alberts, 2008), and electronic aids to daily living that control home automation technologies (Lange & Smith, 2002).…”

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Technological Guidelines: The Relationship between our Expanding Knowledge and our Philosophical Assumptions

Dirette¹

2014

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…ET is an integrated part of most tasks in the home and society of today [24]. People thereby use a wide range of technology, which could facilitate daily life tasks after an ABI [24].…”

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“…People thereby use a wide range of technology, which could facilitate daily life tasks after an ABI [24]. Recent research indicates that people with an ABI can have difficulties using their own ET [1,2] but that they can overcome these difficulties by applying different strategies [25].…”

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“…In line with this, researchers have stated that "It is no longer acceptable to point to technological solutions before the prospective user's goals are fully defined and the individual's needs and preferences are apparent" (p. 3) [13]. Applying the principles of clientcenteredness means that the professionals design interventions together with their clients in a way that emphasizes clients' own perspective of needs in tasks in daily life [11].ET is an integrated part of most tasks in the home and society of today [24]. People thereby use a wide range of technology, which could facilitate daily life tasks after an ABI [24].…”

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Improvements of task performance in daily life after acquired brain injury using commonly available everyday technology

Lindén¹,

Lexell²,

Lund³

2010

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose: To investigate how individualized occupation-based interventions with commonly available everyday technology (ET) can compensate for perceived difficulties with daily life tasks after an aquired brain injury (ABI) and improve satisfaction with occupational performance. Method: This intervention study was designed as a multiple case study according to Yin. Ten men and women with an ABI (traumatic or non-traumatic) participated. Data were collected through interviews, observations and field notes before and after the intervention and at follow-up (on average 11 weeks afterwards). The interventions focused on enabling each participant's prioritized goals related to task performance in daily life. Results: All participants achieved all their goals by learning to use both new functions in their own familiar ET and new ET. The participants perceived difficulties in occupational performance decreased and their satisfaction with occupational performance increased with the use of ET. Conclusions: An individualised intervention process, involving the use of own familiar ET or ET off-the-shelf, has the potential to compensate for perceived difficulties following an ABI and improve satisfaction with occupational performance in daily life.Key words: activities of daily living; assistive technology; brain injury; occupational therapy; rehabilitation INTRODUCTIONPeople with an acquired brain injury (ABI) can experience a wide range of difficulties with daily life tasks, such as self-care, productivity and leisure [1,2], as well as restrictions of participation and decreased quality of life [3][4][5][6][7]. A compensatory approach to reduce remaining disabilities are therefore commonly applied, in rehabilitation in general [4,8,9] as well in occupational therapy [10,11]. In occupational therapy [11], adapted methods of doing, adaptive equipment and assistive technology (AT) are used to compensate for ineffective actions to improve the performance of daily life tasks that people with an ABI need and want to do to enhance their roles and participation in society.AT comprises low-tech (mechanical) and high-tech (electro-mechanical or computerized) devices [12] and is defind as "any item, piece of equipment, or product system, (acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or customized), that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities" [13]. However, it can be difficult to differentiate AT from everyday technology (ET) objects [14], such as mobile phones and computers, that already exist in peoples' lives and may be used to reduce difficulties in occupational performance.In reviewing the literature about the use and efficency of AT or ET in the form of electronic aids in people with ABI, it was found that a variety of AT, such as palmtop computer, paging system, voice organizer, can reduce memory problems [9,[15][16][17][18][19]. To the best of our knowledge, only one study has used unmodified handheld computers off-the-shelf to compensate for disabilities ...

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The Future of Electronic Aids to Daily Living

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Intelligent transport systems and occupational therapy practice

Intelligent transport systems and occupational therapy practice

Technological Guidelines: The Relationship between our Expanding Knowledge and our Philosophical Assumptions

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