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 MEASURING, SUPPORTING, TRAINING OR REPLACING BODY FUNCTIONS (ISO 04)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS ATTACHED TO THE BODY FOR SUPPORTING NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL OR MOVEMENT RELATED FUNCTIONS (ORTHOSES) AND REPLACING ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES (PROSTHESES) (ISO 06)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR SELF-CARE ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN SELF CARE (ISO 09)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION RELATING TO PERSONAL MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION (ISO 12)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN DOMESTIC LIFE (ISO 15)
- FURNISHINGS, FIXTURES AND OTHER ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HUMAN-MADE ENVIRONMENTS (ISO 18)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (ISO 22)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING, CARRYING, MOVING AND HANDLING OBJECTS AND DEVICES (ISO 24)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING, ADAPTING OR MEASURING ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS (ISO 27)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR WORK ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT (ISO 28)
- ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE (ISO 30)
