Accelerating Adoption Of Assistive Technology To Reduce Physical Strain Among Family Caregivers Of The Chronically Disabled Elderly Living At Home

January 14, 2012
In January 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy published a summary report on caregivers and the use of assistive technology to reduce physical strain. The report includes information on a systematic literature review to assess and synthesize the evidence base that assistive technology/home modifications reduces family caregiver physical strain and develops user-friendly resources, and recommendations to encourage and facilitate the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) to include appropriate services to reduce caregivers’ physical strain, as . . .