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Can self-help devices make day-to-day living with your arthritis a little easier? WebMD describes the kind of options you have.
Health Canada has issued an urgent advisory for parents and caregivers to stop using infant self-feeding devices, citing serious choking and suffocation hazards.
Assistive devices are products and tools that can make life with rheumatoid arthritis easier. They might be new things you add to your home or improvements to something you already have.
Despite being otherwise capable, not everyone is able to feed themselves. [Julien]’s robot arm project aims to bring this crucial independence back to those people. Assistive devices in this … ...
The infant self-feeding devices sold on AliExpress.ca pose a risk of illness or death, Health Canada said.
Researchers deployed a robotic feeding arm in a pair of studies outside the lab. In the first, six users with motor impairments used the robot to feed themselves a meal in a UW cafeteria, an ...
Activity limitations are significant and relatively stable over a 2-year period for patients with early RA, and assistive devices are most often needed for help with eating or drinking. (Thyberg I ...
A nationally representative cohort study estimated that 5 million older adults in the U.S. who have difficulty performing self-care tasks or are at risk for falls lack access to grab bars, shower ...
Most self-service interactive devices—kiosks, ATMs and other digital interfaces—don't measure up to the accessibility needs of Canadians who report to have a disability, a new study has found.
Health Canada has issued an urgent advisory for parents and caregivers to stop using infant self-feeding devices, citing serious choking and suffocation hazards.