Assistive Technology

Therapeutic Recreation: Long-Term Care Facilities

April 10, 2011

Therapeutic recreation is an emerging and positive form of wellness for the elderly. It can be especially effective in long-term care facilities.

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Senior Technologies: Hearing Loop for the Hearing Impaired!

August 21, 2010

The “Hearing Loop” is a system that allows the sound outputs from devices that typically use speakers to broadcast directly to hearing aids and similar devices. This eliminates the feedback and reverberation often experienced by hearing aid users. This is a significant addition to the senior technologies fast becoming available in North America and Europe.

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A Little More About the iPad for Senior Citizens: It’s Not Quite a Laptop But It’s Close and It’s Cool!

April 9, 2010

I’ve finally had the chance to do some in-depth study of the new Apple iPad and have read a number of articles specifically related to it’s use by senior citizens.  I hope you will find my observations helpful at least in deciding whether you want to try one out for yourself, or someone you care [...]

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Sources of assistance for home modifications for seniors

January 8, 2010

Image by joyrex via Flickr Most aging folks would prefer to stay in their own homes as they grow older.  However, many of their homes are not well-suited to disabilities and impairments with which they may deal, and the cost of updating or remodeling to make such houses more usable for them is prohibitive for [...]

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