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2. 8 Must-Have Assistive Devices for the Elderly - AOL

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   Assistive devices for seniors are adaptive tools designed to help bridge gaps in an older adult’s mobility and ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs), such as dressing and personal ...

3. Assistive technology - Wikipedia

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   Assistive technology may attempt to improve the ergonomics of the devices themselves such as Dvorak and other alternative keyboard layouts, which offer more ergonomic layouts of the keys. [53] [54] Assistive technology devices have been created to enable disabled people to use modern touch screen mobile computers such as the iPad, iPhone and ...

4. Gerontechnology - Wikipedia

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   Sustainability of an aging society depends upon our effectiveness in creating technological environments, including assistive technology and inclusive design, for innovative and independent living and social participation of older adults in any state of health, comfort as well as safety.

5. Mobility aid - Wikipedia

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   A mobility aid is a device that helps individuals with mobility impairments to walk or improve their overall mobility. [1]These aids range from walking aids, which assist those with limited walking capabilities, to wheelchairs and mobility scooters, which are used for severe disabilities or longer distances that would typically be covered on foot.

6. 10 Helpful—and Convenient—Assistive Listening Devices - AOL

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   Assistive devices range from alarms, phones, speakers to make TV more clear, and other devices. __wf_reserved_inherit. There are so many ways to get additional support, beyond your hearing aids ...

7. Walker (mobility) - Wikipedia

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   The first US patent was awarded in 1953 to William Cribbes Robb, of Stretford, UK, for a device called "walking aid", which had been filed with the British patent office in August 1949. [1] Two variants with wheels were both awarded US patents in May 1957, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the first non-wheeled design that was called a "walker" was patented in ...