Assistive Technology that Makes a Difference!

Share these great resources with your patients, clients, and friends! (Courtesy of our friends at Courage Kenny Rehabilitative Institute)

Clarity Fortissimo Remote Controlled Speakerphone – This phone is switch adapted, simple voice commands, large buttons and amplified audio features.
iPads come with built-in accessibility options but there are other assistive technology options that can be used, such as switch access, a mouth stick and an augmentative communication program.
The LiveScribe pen is excellent for academic and vocational needs. It allows you to write a few words or draw a picture and attach an audio recording to it.
Smart Home website to automate light switches, locks, and other home technologies.
Enabling Devices website with IPad accessories, communication devices, and more disabled technology assistive devices than you can imagine!
Speakeasy with technology for speech recognition and dictation.

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Clinical Considerations, Excellence in Home Care, Legislation and Community Action

April 22, 2015

Joan Vaughn

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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