Content by Keyword: Assistive and Medical Devices/Technology

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Report to Congress: E-health and Telemedicine

Report to Congress: E-health and Telemedicine

This report responds to a request from the Committees on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. It examines the rapid proliferation of telehealth modalities when providing medical care and highlights HHS’s efforts to identify and address obstacles to e-health and telemedicine. The report explains ways that advan
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Assistive Device Use Among the Elderly: Trends,

Assistive Device Use Among the Elderly: Trends, Characteristics of Users, and Implications for Modeling

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistive Device Use Among the Elderly: Trends, Characteristics of Users, and Implications for Modeling Brenda C. Spillman The Urban Institute September 2, 2005 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/astdev.pdf (54 PDF pages)
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Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive

Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive Technology Policy and Practice Across States: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive Technology Policy and Practice Across the States Volume I: Final Report Terry Moore, BSN, MPH and Beth O'Connell, MS Abt Associates, Inc. October 27, 2006 PDF Version (50 PDF pages)
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Physical and Cognitive Impairment: Do They

Physical and Cognitive Impairment: Do They Require Different Kinds of Help?

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Physical and Cognitive Impairment: Do They Require Different Kinds of Help? Robert F. Clark 1991 PDF Version
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Barriers to Implementing Technology in

Barriers to Implementing Technology in Residential Long-Term Care Settings

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Barriers to Implementing Technology in Residential Long-Term Care Settings Vicki A. Freedman, Ph.D., Maggie Calkins, Ph.D., Robert DeRosiers, MS, OTR/L, ATP, and Kimberly Van Haitsma, Ph.D. Polisher Research Institute December 10, 2005 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/re
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Assistive Technology for the Frail Elderly: An

Assistive Technology for the Frail Elderly: An Introduction and Overview

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistive Technology for the Frail Elderly: An Introduction and Overview Robert Elliot University of Pennsylvania August 15, 1991 Revised April 28, 1992 PDF Version (19 PDF pages)
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RESEARCH AGENDA: Personal Assistance Services and

RESEARCH AGENDA: Personal Assistance Services and Related Supports

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services RESEARCH AGENDA: Personal Assistance Services and Related Supports Pamela Doty, Nancy N. Eustis and Brooke E. Lindsay U.S. Department of Health and Human Services December 1994 PDF Version (36 PDF pages)
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Home Modifications: Use, Cost, and Interactions

Home Modifications: Use, Cost, and Interactions with Functioning Among Near-elderly and Older Adults

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Evaluation of New Measures of Assistive

Evaluation of New Measures of Assistive Technology and the Home Environment from the 2005 Pilot Study of Technology and Aging

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive

Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive Technology Policy and Practice Across States: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Barriers to Implementing Technology in

Barriers to Implementing Technology in Residential Long-Term Care Settings

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Assistive Device Use Among the Elderly: Trends,

Assistive Device Use Among the Elderly: Trends, Characteristics of Users, and Implications for Modeling

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Updated Analyses of Trends in Use of Assistive

Updated Analyses of Trends in Use of Assistive Devices

Updated Analyses of Trends in Use of Assistive Devices Executive Summary Brenda Spillman Urban Institute January 7, 2013 REVISED January 20, 2014
Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to

Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home

Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology

Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology Study

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Updated Analyses of Trends in Use of Assistive

Updated Analyses of Trends in Use of Assistive Devices

Over the 20 year period 1984-2004, use of assistive devices by older Americans (age 65 and older) residing in the community increased greatly. In 1984, 72% of chronically disabled older Americans made some use of assistive devices, with or without additional human help to perform activities of daily living (i.e., tasks such as bathing, dressing
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Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to

Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home

This report examines and assesses the often overlooked potential of assistive technology (AT) to benefit unpaid family caregivers who assist chronically disabled elders living at home. Although research has identified benefits, only a handful of publicly-funded family caregiver support programs give much attention to enabling caregivers’ access
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Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology

Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology Study

Older adults, people with disabilities, and those who provide services and supports to these individuals utilize a variety of aging services technologies (ASTs) to achieve and maintain maximum physical function, to live as independently as possible, to study and learn, and to participate in and contribute to society. The potential benefits offered
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Home Modifications: Use, Cost, and Interactions

Home Modifications: Use, Cost, and Interactions with Functioning Among Near-elderly and Older Adults

This report analyzes new data from an experimental module to the 2006 Health and Retirement Study on assistive home features for near-elderly and older adults. In 2006, two-thirds of the population born in 1953 or earlier (ages 52 and older) had one or more assistive home features, about one-third added at least one of these features, and 40% use
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Evaluation of New Measures of Assistive

Evaluation of New Measures of Assistive Technology and the Home Environment from the 2005 Pilot Study of Technology and Aging

The purpose of this report is to highlight the analytic properties of the assistive technology and environment measures in the final recommended module. The authors address three distinct but complimentary questions: (1) How do questions that combine several environmental features or devices (global measures) compare with more detailed items? (2)
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