Support the use of assistive technology
In this tutorial you will learn:
- About the purpose of assistive technology
- How assistive technology can be used to help disabled individuals
- About assistive technologies that are currently available
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Dementia-friendly environments: Assistive technology’ webpage on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘Core digital skills’ by Skills for Care
- ‘Assistive technology: definition and safe use’ on the Gov UK website
- ‘Help at home: Use of assistive technology for older people’ by the National Institute for Health Research
- ‘Assistive technology and dementia’ on the Alzheimer’s Society website
- ‘Technology changing lives: how technology can support the goals of the Care Act’ webpage on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘What is AAC?’ published by Communication Matters
- ‘Using assistive technology in schools' from Barclays' Digitial Wings website.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Telecare - the ethical debate Click the icon to the left to visit the webpage, which is part of the Social Care TV website. The video is titled ‘Telecare - the ethical debate’. Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting?
Simon - Assistive Technology Case Study
Watch this video which shows Simon, a user of assistive technology, explaining how its use allows him to communicate and exert an increased amount of control over his life.- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to access a report titled ‘Telecare technologies and isolation: some ethical issues’. This report outlines the challenges associated with the commissioning and provision of telecare, and suggestions of how to address these issues. Consider the issues raised in this document in relation to settings you work in.
- Click to read ‘What is Assistive Technology?’ on the Understood website.
- Click to read about 'Assistive Technology' and visual impairment on the RNIB website.
- Think And Challenge
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