Community care for severely disabled people on low incomes
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iChair: Intelligent Powerchair for Severely Disabled People
Development is underway on an intelligent powerchair (iChair) for people with severe disabilities. Research is focused on developing the software that gives a power chair equipped with computing hardware and state-of-the-art sensors, and the intelligence to assist people who cannot use their arms or legs or eyes, to live a high-quality, independent lifestyle. After a brief overview in the intro...
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متن کاملExperiences of professionals providing community care for disabled people in Nagasaki and Southampton.
OBJECTIVE To report on the factors affecting the resolution of problems experienced by community care professionals and to refine a checklist of methodological issues for future cross-cultural comparative studies. DESIGN A preliminary comparative study between Japan and the UK. SUBJECTS 630 subjects in Nagasaki, Japan and 109 subjects in Southampton, UK who were physically disabled, aged ov...
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People with severe speech and motor impairment due to cerebral palsy are great difficult to move independently and also cannot control home electric devices. Computer has much to offer people with disability, but the standard human-machine interface (e.g. keyboard and mouse) is inaccessible to this population. In this chapter, we describe a speech recognition interface for the control of powere...
متن کاملFactors affecting the uptake of community recreation as health promotion for women on low incomes.
BACKGROUND There have been repeated calls for research on the factors that promote the spread of successful local health promotion initiatives from one community to another. We examined the factors that affected the uptake of an initiative designed in one community to improve the health of women living below the poverty line through increased access to community recreation. METHODS Workshops ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7013.1121