Awareness among community-dwelling elderly of assistive devices for mobility and self-care and attitudes towards their use

M Roelands, P Van Oost, A Buysse… - Social science & …, 2002 - Elsevier
devices such as walking frames, bath seats and raised toilet seats to higher technology
devices … “fit” between the competency of the older person and the demands of the environment, …

Effect of ambulatory mobility aid devices on cardiovascular parameters, walking speed, perceived exertion, and balance of older adult men in Enugu, Nigeria

UA Ezugwu, BM Eze, RN Ojide… - SAGE Open …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
… Ambulatory mobility devices caused difference in cardiovascular … older or elderly. Most
countries in the world have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as elderly or older person. …

Design of a personal mobility device for elderly users

N Phannil, C Jettanasen - Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
devices to monitor elderly health [18–23] and to assess air quality [24–32] will be developed
using IoT technology, in which these devices … of an Elderly Personal Mobility Device (EPMD) …

Approaching neurological diseases to reduce mobility limitations in older persons

F Lauretani, G Paolo Ceda, P Pelliccioni… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
… The CGA should be considered as a technological device, for physicians who take care of
older persons affected by overlapping neurological diseases. CGA is an extraordinary and …

Gender differences in mobility device use among US older adults

LJ Peterson, H Meng, D Dobbs… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… of devices to accommodate mobilitymobility devices, canes in particular. Examining the
use of canes is important because candidates for their use may be at an earlier stage of mobility

[PDF][PDF] Physical Activity, Fear of Falling, and Quality of Life Among Older Adults Using and Not Using Assistive Mobility Devices

C Akosile, EC Jachike, UG Mgbeojedo… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
… investigated whether the use of assistive mobility devices by older adults in any way moderates
… Physical activity is associated with incident disability in community-based older persons. …

[PDF][PDF] Use and acceptance of new technology by older people. Findings of the international MOBILATE survey:'Enhancing mobility in later life'

M Tacken, F Marcellini, H Mollenkopf, I Ruoppila… - …, 2005 - researchgate.net
… Many older persons are not motivated to learn new techniques. This is not … They focused
their report most on assistive devices for in-home technology. They concluded that the quality of …

Three very old men's experiences of mobility device use over time

M Kylberg, C Löfqvist, J Phillips… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… was to explore experiences of mobility device (MD) use among very old single-living Swedish
… Results: The findings show that the devices were important for retaining independence in …

Value-based design for the elderly: An application in the field of mobility aids

ST Boerema, L van Velsen… - Assistive …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… seen often among mobility devices (Bright & Coventry, Citation2013). Nonetheless, many
factors have been identified to explain this phenomenon, such as financing, as well as more …

Use of assistive devices to address hearing impairment by older persons with disabilities

M Tomita, WC Mann, TR Welch - International journal of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… that older persons with hearing impairments are assistive device users, averaging 11.5 devices
per person… participants who used hearing devices, used more devices related to physical …