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Disembodied voices
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.4.95, 1995, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Suggests that telecommunication technology could be the key to independent living for disabled people in the future.
Evaluating smart home technology in the Finnish context
- Author:
- HORELLI Lisa
- Publisher:
- STAKES. National Research and Development centre for Welfare and Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Helsinki
Evaluation of how new technology can expand the scope of independent living for disabled people and older people.
Smart thinking
- Author:
- FISK Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Nurse, February 2002, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Explores the use if technology in homes to empower vulnerable people and enable them to retain their independence.
Thwarted by her mother?
- Authors:
- LAMPERT James, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.11.01, 2001, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A multidisciplinary panel consider the case of a women with cerebal palsy, whose mother does not want her to move out and live independently.
The Sandwell Telecare Project
- Authors:
- WADDINGTON Paul, DOWNS Barry
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 13(3), June 2005, pp.40-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article begins with a case study of the Sandwell Telecare Project, an innovative venture to pioneer the introduction of electronic aids to enable vulnerable people to live independently. The article concludes with an account of the evaluation, which was undertaken by an independent consultant.
No wheelchairs beyond this point: a historical examination of wheelchair access in the Twentieth Century in Britain and America
- Authors:
- WATSON Nick, WOODS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 4(1), January 2005, pp.97-105.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
On the surface, the wheelchair appears a simple machine: its function seemingly apparent and its workings relatively uncomplicated. Yet, despite this apparent simplicity, the wheelchair is a complex artefact imbued with a myriad of social as well as technical relations that act simultaneously to exclude and include, confine and liberate, shape and be shaped. The wheelchair's inextricable links to injury and illness have certainly shaped its definition as a medical device. Such a definition has labelled the occupier as passive or ill and shaped a wider understanding of the machine as a prison. Wheelchair users, however, perceive the machine as a means to independence: it enables rather than disables. We present evidence here to suggest that this is not a recent phenomenon as we show how wheelchair access has been on the political agenda for disabled people for most of the twentieth century. The paper also examines the role of the wheelchair in the development of this movement, and we suggest that, as the design of the wheelchair improved, so the demand for better access increased. The final section of the paper looks at how poorly the state and its agents understood the issue of access.
Delivering housing adaptations for disabled people: a good practice guide
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 77p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document describes the various statutory duties laid upon both social services and housing authorities in relation to their adaptations service. It draws on identified good practice from local authorities across the country in advising on the key issues about how the service should be organised and the full process of delivery from first contact with a client to the completion of the adaptation. The purpose of an adaptation is to modify disabling environments in order to restore or enable independent living, privacy, confidence and dignity for individuals and their families. It is therefore not primarily a matter of building work, the provision of equipment or otherwise modifying a dwelling, but providing an individualised solution to the problems of people experiencing a disabling environment. The primary purpose of this document is to advise local authorities on how they can establish a first class service which can deliver adaptations to the homes of disabled people in order to meet their needs and statutory entitlements.
Assistive technology: independence and well-being
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper looks in more depth at the role of assistive technology (AT) in supporting independence. It examines the place of AT in the current policy context and describes the current evidence to demonstrate how AT can support independence. It analyses the current obstacles to progress and explains how change can be introduced. New assistive technology can play a vital role in supporting the ways in which millions of older or disabled people can maintain or regain their independence. It also has the potential to modernise the way in which many aspects of health and social care are currently delivered to the benefit of users, carers, service providers and the taxpayer.
Using the evidence to develop quality assistive technology services
- Author:
- MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 12(1), February 2004, pp.19-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on a literature review and provides illustrations of how the evidence can be used to underpin the development of assistive technology services for older and disabled people and disabled children. The aim is to support the development of user-focused, accessible services.
Slow climb for equipment
- Authors:
- SALT Ian, MAPSTONE Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.07.03, 2003, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A major effort is underway to improve the provision of equipment for older people and disabled people. In response to the Audit Commission report 'Fully Equipped' the government provided new money for community equipment services, set new service targets, and also set up the national Integration of Community Equipment Service (ICES) team to support the efforts of local services. Describes progress so far.