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For Boomers Reframing Aging, Age-Proofing A Home Won’t Come Cheap
Aging in place is a major financial commitment, one that may be at odds with retirees’ plans to downsize their lives and budgets and squirrel away cash in anticipation of rising health care costs, according to Kaiser Health News.
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Home Modification at the Intersection of Healthcare and Community
As experts in function and environmental fit, therapists’ rehabilitative perspectives help support Aging in Place strategies. A feature from the November/December 2017 Rehab Management by Scott A. Trudeau, PhD, OTR/L.
Lifeway Mobility Partners with Freedom Lifts
Lifeway Mobility LLC, headquartered in Windsor Locks, Conn, announces that it has become the majority shareholder of Danielson, Conn-based Freedom Lifts.
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Mobility Makeover for the Home
Gregg Frank, OTR/L, CAPS, and Marnie Renda, MEd OTR/L, CAPS, ECHM, discuss planning home modifications that enable access and movement through the living space and beyond.
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Helen Hayes Hospital Hosts Free Expo April 9
The seventh annual Adapted Sports, Recreation and Living Expo will take place at Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY, on Saturday, April 9 from 11 am to 4 pm.
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United Spinal Association Requests Safe Ferry Access to Monument for Wheelchair Users
In a recent letter to the National Park Service, United Spinal Association (USA) requested that it provide wheelchair users safe and lawful access to the Statue of Liberty.
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Concierge Power Door Opener from EZ-Access Designed to Help Enable Easy Access to Doorways
Home dwellers have a new option for increasing their accessibility to interior and exterior doorways, with the introduction of the Concierge Power Door Opener from Algona, Wash-based EZ-Access.
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Ultra Lightweight, Singlefold Ramp Added to EZ-Access Product Line
Wheeled mobility device users have a new option in portable ramp solutions with the Singlefold Suitcase GF ramp, manufactured with glass-reinforced graphite fiber for strength and durability.
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Kelly Brush Foundation Awards Grants for Adaptive Sports, Ski Safety
The Kelly Brush Foundation announces it has recently awarded $232,650 in grants for adaptive sports equipment, ski racing safety, and strategic partnerships.
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Lifeway Mobility Opens Its Doors
Lifeway Mobility, an accessibility equipment provider, announces it is open for business, and will serve the Southern New England area.
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Easy Come, Easy Go! Easy Everything in-Between! Part II
Susan Bachner, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA, SCEM, CAPS, CEAC, explains the numerous home modifications required when a spinal cord-injured patient returns home.
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Easy Come, Easy Go, Easy Everything in-Between
A perspective about aging-in-place with universal design, by Susan Bachner, MA, OTR, FAOTA, SCEM, CAPS, CEAC.
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Playground Facelifts Help Disabled Students Join the Fun
Recess playtime is for everyone. That is the philosophy school administrators have embraced in tailoring public school playground facilities with ADA-compliant features that allow students affected by physical disabilities to enjoy recess alongside able-bodied students.
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National Mobility Awareness Month Sponsor NMEDA Shares Advice for Managing a New Disability
With May being National Mobility Awareness Month, its sponsor – the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) – offers advice for those who are experiencing a new disability and are learning how to cope with their new lifestyle and their new mobility concerns.
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EZ-Access Introduces Transitions Angled Entry Plate
Algona, Wash-based EZ-Access announces the addition of the Transitions Angled Entry Plate to the company’s line of threshold ramps.
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ROVI Mobility Products Names Eli Anselmi Director of Education
As ROVI Mobility Products ramps up for the release of a new indoor-outdoor power wheelchair the company has hired Eli S. Anselmi as Director of Education, according to an announcement from the Carson, Calif-headquartered company. ROVI, the complex rehab division of Shoprider, reports that Anselmi will be responsible for developing the division’s product education materials and the distribution of those materials.
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