[PDF] Equipment For The Disabled eBook

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241548052

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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 2007-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309104726

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The future of disability in America will depend on how well the U.S. prepares for and manages the demographic, fiscal, and technological developments that will unfold during the next two to three decades. Building upon two prior studies from the Institute of Medicine (the 1991 Institute of Medicine's report Disability in America and the 1997 report Enabling America), The Future of Disability in America examines both progress and concerns about continuing barriers that limit the independence, productivity, and participation in community life of people with disabilities. This book offers a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues, including the prevalence of disability across the lifespan; disability trends the role of assistive technology; barriers posed by health care and other facilities with inaccessible buildings, equipment, and information formats; the needs of young people moving from pediatric to adult health care and of adults experiencing premature aging and secondary health problems; selected issues in health care financing (e.g., risk adjusting payments to health plans, coverage of assistive technology); and the organizing and financing of disability-related research. The Future of Disability in America is an assessment of both principles and scientific evidence for disability policies and services. This book's recommendations propose steps to eliminate barriers and strengthen the evidence base for future public and private actions to reduce the impact of disability on individuals, families, and society.

Author : Helen Pain
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1853029858

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The authors of this work have brought together research about the needs of people with disabilities and the equipment available for them. They explain issues involved with choosing equipment and provide guidance on selection.

Author : Michael Mandelstam
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781853023521

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This comprehensive book explains the provision, both law and practice, of equipment and home adaptations to assist older or disabled people in daily living. Characterised by ill-defined statutory reponsibilities and terminology, and an under-developed consumer retail market, the system of provision has long been recognised as chaotic and confusing for professionals and public alike. This is despite the fact that equipment and adaptations are meant to be a central plank of community care. Necessarily wide-ranging but maintaining its focus, the book aims critically to describe the system and thereby promote better practice. By exploring boundaries and breaking points, it will assist people to understand the law when things go wrong - from negligence to judicial review, and from contract to product safety legislation. The range of items covered is great, from alarms to artificial limbs, baths to bedrooms, chopping boards to crutches, electronic toothbrushes to environmental controls, hearing aids to hoists, incontinence pads to ironing equipment, rails to ramps, speech aids to stairlifts, and walking frames to wheelchairs.

Author : Brian Donnelly
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1784629642

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Discover everything you need to know about planning, commissioning, assessing for and providing disability equipment, wheelchair and seating services safely and effectively in this comprehensive and unique Code of Practice.