Supporting Independent Living: Technology and Assistive Devices for Individuals with Disabilities

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Supporting Independent Living
Date: 14: 05: 2018
Reference Style: Harvard
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Table of Contents
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
1.1. How the use of technology can support Sally to live life independently.............................3
1.2 Barriers to use in technology to sustain Sally to live independently.....................................4
1.3 Major benefits of key technologies used in health care, and key the users...........................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................5
2.1. Safety and health consideration in utilize of the key technologies in social and health care
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2.2 Ethical consideration made in assistive technology..............................................................6
2.3. Impact of the emerging and new technical development in healthcare services, care
workers and organisations...........................................................................................................7
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................8
3.1. Detailed needs of Maggie for supports to live independent a life........................................8
3.2 Assistive device to sustain Maggie for continuing living in parallel.....................................9
3.3 Usefulness of technology for Maggie’s health and social care services:..............................9
References......................................................................................................................................12

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Task 1
1.1. How the use of technology can support Sally to live life independently
Many people face difficulties in order to travel to different places, establishing communication
and other household tasks due to some physical problems. In present days, people have some
very helpful committals to help them, and the innovations are only possible for the improvement
of technology. On that note, physically disabled and elder people have great difficulties in their
daily activities, but they have the mental strength to deliver these daily tasks (Niemi, Kynäslahti
and Vahtivuori-Hänninen, 2013). For this reason, new equipment and technology have become a
very significant way for them to live the life. Sally need to take help from the situation and need
to use new technologies in order to overcome her disabilities. Besides, these devices are famous
by the name of the adaptive device, which would have the ability to help patients by providing a
different kind of information (Agree, 2014). The new modern technologies can deliver huge
support to patients and make their life easier than it was before. For example, the walker will
assist the patient who has disabilities in leg and earring aid, and this help patient to hear properly,
who have a problem in ears.
These need implementation of technologies that can change their life technologies, and even play
a very significant role in everyone’s life. Besides, to read the newspaper, patients having eye
problems can take help from various kinds of magnifying glasses. Sally can help herself by
implementing these smart and helpful technologies in her life. However, assistive technology
plays an essential part in order to give new confidence in this patient, who have disabilities and
wants to overcome those disabilities (Astell, et al. 2014). These patients have the urge to live
independently, as they have a modern implementation of assistive technology with them. In
present days, they have to rely on these technologies and have to make eke positive mindset to
take help from these. This is very crucial for various kinds of patients who want to take a bath
outside their room in spite of having physical disabilities (Agree, 2014). Further, most patients
are executing the daily task independently without taking help from any people. Thus, reducing
the expense of health care for patients can be drastically decreased if any people have this
modern implementation of this technology.

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1.2 Barriers to use in technology to sustain Sally to live independently
Assistive technology plays a very important role in this helping process of disabled persons and
makes their life easier than it was before. The use of this technology can create great assistance
to people. Sally could take different kinds of approaches in order to deliver perfect help for
herself, as a need to continue her work in the person executive assistant. On that note, she has
disabilities in wood and this is why, she faces many problems for getting help. Sally need to be
independent and there are various kind of situation when many technologies are implemented in
her life (Alnahdi, 2014). However, there are various kinds of barriers in front of using different
kinds of technologies for Sally. Some barriers are listed below which can prevent Sally to live
individually:
Possibility of failure: Simple instruments can make complex for most patients. Besides, the use
of simple devices can work seamlessly, but there is a big chance of machine failure (Park and
Ertmer, 2008). Thus, this implementation of limit can restrict the use of these devices for any
patients.
Battery operated: Modern technical devices are made up with new application of battery-
operated devices. Sometimes, the patients do not have the scope to look at the battery, as they
will not be able to use the device (LeRouge, et al. 2014). If the battery runs out, then the device
will become useless for any patients. On that note, this is very difficult for patients to spend their
life without taking help from these devices.
Cost: Financial cost will play a crucial role in these modernizing devices, as these devices are not
very affordable for patients. Sally need to spend lump of money to get these devices for her help
(Yusif, Soar and Hafeez-Baig, 2016). Various kinds of sophisticated devices have a very
expensive price tag, and can put additional pressure upon patient’s family
1.3 Major benefits of key technologies used in health care, and key the users
At present day, the modernized equipments are designed for daily use of physically challenged
patients as this can bring hope to them. Physical disabilities could be overcome by these new
devices and it could be very helpful for themselves to live their life individually. Both patients
and manufacturing organization can avail same kind of benefit from the invention (Fischer, et al.
2014). There are several helpful benefits for the patients if they use these types of devices. Sally