Home & Daily Living

Pride Mobility Launches App to Control VivaLift Power Recliners

The new My VivaLift app allows a Viva Lift Power Recliner user to adjust the chair to their liking with an alternative to the hand control.

Home & Daily Living

Nobi Debuts AI-Powered Smart Lamp for Seniors at CES 2023

Nobi, a provider of AgeTech solutions, introduces its AI-powered smart lamp that focuses on fall detection and prevention for older adults.

Home & Daily Living

Kno2 and Axxess Join Together to Transform Home Health Care Delivery Through Information Sharing

Kno2 and Axxess announce a new joint software integration that will enable healthcare providers easy access to secure patient information.

Working Caregivers Are Being Stretched Thin, Survey Reveals

by Debbie Overman | Oct 25, 2022 | Home & Daily Living, Industry News

More than half of working caregivers would change jobs if it enabled access to a family caregiving coordination benefit, per a recent survey.

Intensive Inpatient COVID-19 Rehab

by Melanie Hamilton-Basich | Oct 20, 2022 | Home & Daily Living

This feature-length article uses case studies to show how patients experiencing severe impairments after hospitalization for the novel coronavirus can greatly benefit from intensive inpatient COVID-19 rehab involving collaboration among PTs, OTs, and SLPs.

U-LINK Project Aims to Aid People in Wheelchairs Impacted by Climate Change

by Debbie Overman | Oct 18, 2022 | Home & Daily Living, Spinal Cord Injury

Severe weather events disproportionately affect people with spinal cord injuries and disabilities. A U-LINK project aims to change that.

Aging in Place Home Modification Strategies Discussion

by Tonya Manning | Oct 13, 2022 | Home & Daily Living, Podcasts

In this podcast episode, Melanie Hamilton-Basich of Rehab Management is joined by two longtime occupational therapists—Kirsten Davin OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, and Bridget Scheidler EdD, OTR, CAPS—for a lively discussion about aging in place home modification strategies and considerations for occupational therapy clients as well as the education on this subject that’s available to therapists.

Home Modification for Aging in Place

by Melanie Hamilton-Basich | Oct 7, 2022 | Home & Daily Living

In this feature-length Rehab Management article, Kirsten Davin, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, shares how occupational therapists can help clients evaluate and overcome barriers to safely staying in their homes in old age.