Lynn Gitlow

Assistive Technologies and Environmental Interventions in Healthcare

Herausgegeben:Gitlow, Lynn; Flecky, Kathleen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a holistic and client-centered approach, Assistive Technologies and Environmental Interventions in Healthcare explores the individual's needs within the environment, examines the relationship between disability and a variety of traditional and cutting-edge technologies, and presents a humanistic discussion of Technology-Environment Intervention (TEI).

Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors, this text introduces readers to a variety of conceptual practice models and the clinical reasoning perspectives. It also provides insight into how designers go about solving human-tech problems, discusses best practices for both face-to-face and virtual teams, and looks at the psychological, sociocultural, and cognitive factors behind the development and provision of assistive technologies.
_ Examines a wide range of technologies and environmental interventions
_ Demonstrates how a better understanding of the complexity of human interaction with both the physical and social environment can lead to better use of technology
_ Explores the future of technology and research in TEI

Complete with a range of learning features such as keywords, case studies and review questions, this book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in occupational therapy and other related health professions, as well as those undertaking certification and board examinations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119483220
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1119g
• ISBN-13: 9781119483229
• ISBN-10: 1119483220
• Artikelnr.: 56393771

Autorenporträt

Lynn Gitlow is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, USA. She has practiced in the area of assistive technology for over 20 years. Kathleen Flecky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She has been teaching and practicing in the area of community health and health promotion for 19 years.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors xiii

About the companion website xv

1 The person, the environment, and technology: Introduction to the human-tech ladder 1
Lynn Gitlow and Kathleen Flecky

The person, the environment, and technology: Introduction to the human-tech ladder 2

Models of disability 3

Assistive technology and the environment 4

Choosing the human-tech ladder 5

Human-tech ladder 6

Why are definitions important? 7

Defining technology 8

Defining AT 8

Environmental interventions 9

Categories of AT 11

Summary 12

References 12

2 Conceptual practice models and clinical reasoning 14
Lynn Gitlow, Douglas Rakoski, and Robert C. Ferguson

Introduction 15

What are conceptual practice models? 16

Need for conceptual practice models 17

Conceptual practice models that guide TEI 17

Clinical reasoning I 24

Clinical reasoning II 26

Summary 32

References 33

Additional resources 34

3 The design process: Solving human-tech problems 35
Susan Camp

Part one: Asking questions, getting started 36

Part two: What is design and why should we care? 37

Part three: The design process - who can do it? 43

Part four: The design process - getting started 44

Part five: A design case study 47

Summary 49

References 52

4 Funding in the United States 54
Lewis Golinker

Introduction 55

The roles of the practitioner 55

Funding sources for assistive devices 55

Health benefits program funding for assistive devices 59

Benefits request - funding process: Four questions 59

The assistive device treatment plan 67

Summary 68

Notes 68

5 Outcomes, assessment, and research in assistive technology 71
Glenn Goodman, Jennifer Dunn, and Anne Bryden

Outcomes, assessment, and research in assistive technology 72

Conceptual models for AT Outcomes and Practice 73

Outcomes 76

AT-specific assessment tools 77

Promising general outcome measures 79

Research designs and methods 80

Methodological research, systematic literature reviews, and critical appraisals 84

Summary 87

References 88

6 Educational organizations 92
Kirk Behnke

Introduction to educational organizations 93

Consideration of AT in the IEP 98

Results of AT consideration 100

Other considerations 101

Summary 104

References 104

7 Technology, employment, and disability: Creating a technology accessible vocational environment: Legal and organizational considerations 105
Wendy Strobel Gower and LaWanda Cook

Introduction 106

Creating an ideal technology organization 106

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 110

The ADA and reasonable accommodation 112

The accommodation process 112

Summary 115

References 115

8 Technology and environmental interventions for the home environment 117
BevVan Phillips

Technology and environmental intervention for the home environment 118

Qualifications and perspectives of home modification professionals 131

Structural aspects and technology factors 133

The human-tech ladder and technology relevant to TEI in the home 136

Summary 138

References 139

9 Working and communicating in face-to-face teams 141
M. Gayl Bowser

Introduction 14