The Importance of Mental and Physical Health in Senior Citizens By Jason Lewis Getting older can be beautiful and scary at the same time. As we age, we become more susceptible to mental and physical illnesses. As a senior, the importance of mental and physical health should not be lost on you. In fact, keeping...
HomePortal brings the incredible power of a voice-controlled home to people who are blind, or people whose visual impairment interferes with typical daily activities needed to live independently. HomePortal couples CreateAbility’s “Sparkplug” skill with Z-wave modules to detect and control items in the home. Many commands and requests are possible, but here are a few...
(See the article in US News and World Report, October 28, 2018). Dawn Neumann, PhD, of Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, has been refining the Emotional Compass for the past four years, as part of her research in helping survivors of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Why an Emotional Compass?...
The Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC) is a wonderful resource in Colorado for help and services for survivors of an injury to the brain, their families, and providers. BIAC’s vision is that all persons with a brain injury thrive in their community. Through guidance, resources, support, and education, BIAC seeks to facilitate the lifelong...
Patients or clients that have a great difficulty making it in to their physical therapy appointments, or do not follow their in-home exercises – have been shown to have poorer health outcomes. We often hear the mantra “compliance = outcome” from our Physical Therapist (PT) friends. Two common causes for difficulty in making it...
Easter Seals Crossroads recently delivered an excellent full day training on “Assistive Technology and Autism”, in Indianapolis, Indiana. CreateAbility was honored to have some of our products included in this training. After an introduction to Autism, this training spanned communication technologies, social and cognitive supports, an in-depth look at sensory processing, and wrapped up with...