Pathway to Independence

2014 ◽  
pp. 153-201
Author(s):  
Kavita Krishnaswamy ◽  
Tim Oates
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Physical Limitations ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Education And Employment

Robotic technologies can provide people with disabilities the invaluable tools to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Few studies have investigated how effective and accessible the control of robotic aids is for people with severe physical disabilities with respect to their needs and current facility with technology. Though present-day robotic aids can help people with disabilities with important daily living tasks, there is still room for improvement. In this chapter, an overview of the state-of-the-art robotics that help promote independence for people with disabilities, especially individuals with physical limitations, is presented. Active research areas supporting tasks and services for persons with physical disabilities include development of robotic prototypes, designed specifically for domestic applications, rehabilitation, mobility assistance, personal hygiene care and meal assistance, and education and employment. Existing challenges and recommendations to support and increase independence for persons with motor limitations with robotics technologies are provided as insight to advance research.

Pathway to Independence

2016 ◽  
pp. 1444-1492
Author(s):  
Kavita Krishnaswamy ◽  
Tim Oates
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Physical Limitations ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Education And Employment

Robotic technologies can provide people with disabilities the invaluable tools to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Few studies have investigated how effective and accessible the control of robotic aids is for people with severe physical disabilities with respect to their needs and current facility with technology. Though present-day robotic aids can help people with disabilities with important daily living tasks, there is still room for improvement. In this chapter, an overview of the state-of-the-art robotics that help promote independence for people with disabilities, especially individuals with physical limitations, is presented. Active research areas supporting tasks and services for persons with physical disabilities include development of robotic prototypes, designed specifically for domestic applications, rehabilitation, mobility assistance, personal hygiene care and meal assistance, and education and employment. Existing challenges and recommendations to support and increase independence for persons with motor limitations with robotics technologies are provided as insight to advance research.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Recovery of Activities of Daily Living in Patients with Sequelae from Cerebral Vascular Disease

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Danelina E. Vacheva ◽  
Verjinia K. Simeonova ◽  
Boyko St. Stamenov
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Cerebral Vascular Disease ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Right

Summary Bulgaria ranks first in the world in incidence, morbidity and death associated with cerebrovascular disease. The aim of the study was to investigate, follow-up and register recovery of activities of daily living (using the toilet and maintaining personal hygiene) in patients with sequelae from cerebrovascular disease in a subacute stage, who underwent physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Sixty-one patients were included and followed up. They were given tailored physiotherapy and rehabilitation. This included kinesitherapy, occupational therapy and electrotherapy. All the patients filled in self-assessment questionnaires before and after the rehabilitation course. Major parameters were assessed, irrespective of the limb affected -dominant or non-dominant. Results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon rank test. At the end of the rehabilitation course, the Wilcoxon curves were driven to the right, confirming improvement concerning independence, irrespective of involvement of dominant or non-dominant limb.

scholarly journals Associations among occupational roles, independence, assistive technology, and purchasing power of individuals with physical disabilities

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 484-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Marinho Cezar da Cruz ◽  
Maria Luisa Guillaumon Emmel
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Barthel Index ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
Classification Criterion ◽  
Occupational Roles

OBJECTIVE: to verify whether there are associations among occupational roles, independence to perform Activities of Daily Living, purchasing power, and assistive technology for individuals with physical disabilities. METHOD: 91 individuals with physical disabilities participated in the study. The instruments used were: Role Checklist, Brazilian Economic Classification Criterion, Barthel Index, and a Questionnaire to characterize the subjects. RESULTS: an association with a greater number of roles was found among more independent individuals using a lower number of technological devices. Higher purchasing power was associated with a lower functional status of dependence. CONCLUSION: even though technology was not directly associated with independence, the latter was associated with a greater number of occupational roles, which requires reflection upon independence issues when considering the participation in occupational roles. These findings support interdisciplinary actions designed to promote occupational roles in individuals with physical disabilities.

scholarly journals DISABILITY, LAWS AND MODELS: AN OVERVIEW

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
Shyam Ganvir ◽  
Ankita Arun Gundecha
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Perceptions Of Disability ◽  
Educational Scholarship

There are various growing definitions and perceptions of disability. It leads to various complications leading to independency for all other activities of daily living, making occupational limitations and economically dependent. So there is a need to make them aware of various schemes available in India, for supporting them for various economic, pension and educational scholarship schemes. The rights and laws of persons with disabilities must, therefore, be understood and studied from a variety of perspectives, including human rights and various other laws in India, which will fill the gap or close the gap between persons with disabilities and persons with disabilities in their personal attainment in the true sense of the term. Throughout this research report, the writer puts a great deal of focus on the different legislative frameworks and regulations existing throughout our country and allows a comprehensive analysis on how such laws have led to the advancement of the legal status of people with disabilities in India.

Exploratory Review: Self-Report IADL Assessments in the age of Internet-Connected Assistive Devices

2020 ◽  
pp. 153944922094000
Author(s):  
Abbas H. Quamar ◽  
Mark R. Schmeler ◽  
Diane M. Collins ◽  
Richard M. Schein
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Assistive Devices ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Clinical Applicability ◽  
Instrumental Activities

Internet-Connected Assistive Devices (iCAD), like accessible smartphones, tablets, computers, and apps, have become an integral part of everyday functioning for people with disabilities (PWD). The objective of this article was to identify self-report assessments having the relevance and clinical applicability for assessing satisfaction with performing Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) for PWD using iCAD. An exploratory review was conducted to identify self-report assessments that were appropriate, practical, clinically fit, and psychometrically acceptable, for assessing satisfaction with performing IADLs for PWD using iCAD. Thirty-two IADL assessments were identified, of which six met inclusion criteria. Four of six assessments did not specifically address iCAD usage, while two assessments had limited relevance and clinical applicability, for assessing satisfaction with performing IADLs for PWD using iCAD. This review establishes the growing need for a self-report IADL assessment that has been specifically designed and validated for assessing satisfaction with performing IADLs for PWD using iCAD

Health services use by older people with disabilities in Spain: do formal and informal care matter?

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 959-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESÚS ROGERO GARCÍA ◽  
MARÍA-EUGENIA PRIETO-FLORES ◽  
MARK W. ROSENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Health Care Utilisation ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Health Services Use

ABSTRACTAs people grow older in late life, their need for help with the activities of daily living increases. In Spain, those who need such help constitute about 20 per cent of the population aged 65 or more years. Support may be from formal care, informal care or both, and the type has different consequences for care receivers and their social networks. The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between informal and formal care and the use of health services among older people in Spain. Using a sample of 1,148 respondents aged 65 or more years from the Spanish National Health Survey of 2003, we analysed the association between the sources of care (formal, informal, both, or no care) and the frequency of three types of health-care utilisation: hospitalisation, emergency services and medical consultations. After controlling for sex, age, level of difficulty in the activities of daily living, self-perceived health status, and social class, it was found that older people with disabilities who received neither informal nor formal care were more likely to consult physicians than those who received informal care, but that there were no significant relationships between the type of care and health-services utilisation. The findings provide new information about the consequences of the different types of care of older people with disabilities, and suggest specifically that informal care substitutes for some tasks usually done by health professionals.

Aging With Disability for Midlife and Older Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 741-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois M. Verbrugge ◽  
Kenzie Latham ◽  
Philippa J. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Study Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Household Management ◽  
Physical Limitations ◽  
Persistent Disability ◽  
Retirement Study

This analysis brings “aging with disability” into middle and older ages. We study U.S. adults ages 51+ and ages 65+ with persistent disability (physical, household management, personal care; physical limitations, instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs], activities of daily living [ADLs]), using Health and Retirement Study data. Two complementary approaches are used to identify persons with persistent disability, one based directly on observed data and the other on latent classes. Both approaches show that persistent disability is more common for persons ages 65+ than ages 51+ and more common for physical limitations than IADLs and ADLs. People with persistent disability have social and health disadvantages compared to people with other longitudinal experiences. The analysis integrates two research avenues, aging with disability and disability trajectories. It gives empirical heft to government efforts to make aging with disability an age-free (all ages) rather than age-targeted (children and youths) perspective.

scholarly journals Assessment of functional capacity of the elderly associated with the risk for pressure ulcer

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe1) ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Souza Silva de Aguiar ◽  
Maria Júlia Guimarães Oliveira Soares ◽  
Maria Helena Larcher Caliri ◽  
Marta Mirian Lopes Costa ◽  
Simone Helena dos Santos Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Pressure Ulcers ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Limitations

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the elderly with physical limitations; to assess functional capacity as it relates to physical mobility, cognitive status and level of functional independence in activities of daily living, and to relate functional capacity to the risk for pressure ulcers. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional approach, conducted in households in the city of João Pessoa (PB) with seniors who presented physical limitation. Fifty-one elderly were investigated in a two-stage cluster sampling design. RESULTS: There was evidence of impairments in functional capacity of the elderly aged 80 years or more, with more severe physical limitations, cognitive impairment and a higher level of dependency for activities. Significant differences were observed between the level of functional independence in performing activities of daily living and the risk of pressure ulcers. CONCLUSION: This study allowed for the identification of the elderly in functional decline and at risk for developing pressure ulcers, supporting the implementation of preventive actions at the household level.

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