Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology Workshop Summary (2013) / Chapter Skim
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3 Technologies to Promote Activities of Daily Living and Independence
3 Technologies to Promote Activities of Daily Living and Independence
Pages 21-26
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The reflections of the respondents appear in Chapter 7 as part of the summary of the discussions that took place throughout the workshop. In the panel on technologies to promote activities of daily living and independence, Rory Cooper, FISA and Paralyzed Veterans of America chair and distinguished professor at the University of Pittsburgh, described some of the ways in which wheelchairs can overcome mobility limitations, along with mobility challenges still to be overcome.
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Cooper asserted that only about 6 million wheelchairs are produced each year, and about 4 million Americans use wheelchairs, with an average wheelchair lasting 3 years. Ten years ago the average wheelchair lasted 5 years, Cooper said, but because of pressure from reimbursement, manufacturers have moved to cheaper technologies, a change that has reduced the lifetime of wheelchairs.
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Technological Advances Wheelchairs and other devices providing robotic manipulation are becoming available to help with activities of daily living. Cooper showed a person using voice control and a tablet to control a wheelchair as well as two manipulators (arm-like mechanisms which grasp and move objects)
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In addition, when smart homes or smart services are developed in universities, the people who test technologies tend to be college students pretending to have a disability, said Wellems. But the best way to develop technologies is to have people with cognitive and developmental disabilities use technologies to figure out what works and to determine where changes are needed.
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Wellems emphasized the value and importance for these homes to be "green" because energy efficient homes save on ongoing operating costs. Additionally because these homes are typically funded through grants and private donations, green building techniques help to attract funders.
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