Technology to assist elderly people's safe mobility.
A grab bar shape has been presented that appears to provide an effective alternative to knurled finishes. This grab bar has been incorporated into a system that can be easily positioned anywhere in a room to help an ambulatory disabled person rise from a bed or other surface. The problem of lifting nonambulatory elderly people has been addressed by means of a modular mobile lifting system that offers the advantage of overhead lifting at lower cost than traditional movement devices for nonambulatory people. The author suggests that low-technology solutions are worthy of academic effort and that movement devices for elderly people must also address the needs of their formal and informal caregivers.
Centre for Studies in Aging, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011153:Population; D012449:Safety; D013672:Technology / Q000379:methods*