Description
This book deals with organisational and methodological issues involved in setting up Assistive Technology Information / Advice centres. The model presented – framed in the Italian context – is based on several years’ experience of the SIVA service (Assistive Technology Research and Information Centre) of the Don Gnocchi Foundation (a major non-profit provider of rehabilitation services in Italy, based in Milano). Assistive Technology Information / Advice services may be part of a local Rehabilitation Unit, or stand alone organisations providing consultancy. Their mission is providing either information / guidance or individual assessment for recommending assistive technology solutions case by case. The book offers a set of guidelines on how to carry out this activities.
Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT (ISO 04)
- ORTHOSES AND PROSTHESES (ISO 06)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL CARE AND PROTECTION (ISO 09)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL MOBILITY (ISO 12)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR HOUSEKEEPING (ISO 15)
- FURNISHINGS AND ADAPTATIONS TO HOMES AND OTHER PREMISES (ISO 18)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION (ISO 22)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR HANDLING OBJECTS AND DEVICES (ISO 24)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT (ISO 27)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING (ISO 28)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR RECREATION (ISO 30)
