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Technological advances have pushed the frontier of care management into the home setting, and today’s tools go well beyond mere monitoring and narrow functionalities; they allow the integration of monitoring and therapeutic systems, provide educational content, and enable communication and data flow between the patient and professional health care providers.
Have you ever spent an hour (or two or three) on the phone functioning as your parents (or grandparents, or fill-in-the-blank) IT department? And you all feel like screaming – some cases actually screaming — out of frustration? You, because you know it’s only a couple of clicks and problem solved. Them, because “you said it was easy – only a couple of clicks and problems solved! What do I need this computer for anyway?”
Internationally known Accessibility Expert and Consultant Adam Fine says: “The Sliding Transfer Board, or Beasy Board, is one of the best wheelchair transfer boards on
Thanks to one of our readers – “Chazzy” – we learned about this article “Sensors Help Keep the Elderly at Home” that ran in the
Having a modern toilet bidet in your home will reduce toilet paper consumption from 50 to 100% via the effective cleansing of the warm water wash and optional warm air dryer. In addition, a toilet bidet only uses an average 5-7 cents of electricity per day – even less when its power saving features are activated. The use of a toilet bidet supports both a green lifestyle and aging in place.
April is Occupational Therapy Month! Do you know how an OT can help your parents – or other older loved ones – remain in their
Age in place at home. It's where you want to be.
