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The Accessible Virtual Community
Health and Medicine
To improve access to health care and health care information for all members of the community, universal design needs to be considered in medical charting, the delivery of mental health care, and in doctor-patient communication. Find resources here to improve the accessibility of health care delivery. To search for more related information, you can go to our Search Page.
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A Community Model to Promote Accessible Fitness Facilities
This is a PDF version of a slide show which offers a tool for assuring that a fitness center reviews several features to insure full accessibility. This presentation can be used in conjunction with Removing Barriers to Health Clubs and Fitness Facilities A Guide for Accommodating All Members, Including People with Disabilities and Older Adults, also found on this website.
NC Office on Disability and Health FPG Child Development Institute, Chapel Hill, NC
ADAAG SURVEY FORM 24: MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES
This website provides a checklist presents information in summary form on the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations implementing the ADA on medical care facilities. The checklist must be used with the DOT and DOJ regulations and ADAAG to ensure accuracy. This checklist is intended for technical assistance purposes only.
United States Access Board
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Measuring Accessible Medical Instrumentation
This website contains information about how medical equipment of all types needs to be designed for use not only by patients/consumers of medical services, but for the service provider who may have a disability as well. "The accessibility of medical instruments is a new field of concern and study. An important implication of the inability of people with disabilities to use medical devices due to inadvertent design directly contradicts the intent of the ADA. Furthermore, inaccessible design of medical equipment can be life threatening. The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide a historical resource about literature available in this topic to support interested parties."
R2D2 Center for AMI RERC
Center for Universal Design NCSU
"The Center for Universal Design (CUD) is a national information, technical assistance, and research center that evaluates, develops, and promotes accessible and universal design in housing, commercial and public facilities, outdoor environments, and products. Our mission is to improve environments and products through design innovation, research, education, and design assistance." The website includes news, articles and many resources.
North Carolina State University
Centers for Independent Living - Independent Living Research Utilization
This website includes discussion boards, publications and training. ILRU is a program of TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research), a nationally recognized medical rehabilitation facility for persons with disabilities. The ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) program is a national center for information, training, research, and technical assistance in independent living. Its goal is to expand the body of knowledge in independent living and to improve utilization of results of research programs and demonstration projects in this field.
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Creating a Flexible and Comforting Patient Room
This short article explains the importance of a patient room that is comforting and most beneficial to the patient. Techniques discussed include standardizing where things go in the room, flexibility, the ability to adapt to updated tools and new technology and creating a warm and healing environment.
Hospitals & Health Networks
Finding a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist
"The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists was established in 1977 to support professionals working in the field of driver education / driver training and transportation equipment modifications for persons with disabilities through education and information dissemination". This webpage provides a link to find a Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialist in your area.
The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists
Going Beyond the Universal Patient Room
This article thoroughly describes some of the advantages and disadvantages associated with a universal patient room, which is a room designed to adapt to the patients needs. A “flexible” option for the future and ways to make the room most effective are discussed. This article focuses on the "universal" without specific mention of disability, but more with the usability, efficiency and the patient comfort and acuity factor.
Vendome Group, LLC
Healthcare Access and The Law
This website provides information concerning the laws and regulations surrounding healthcare access. The site focuses on both physical and communication access and the areas that need to be addressed within each.
Indiana Protection & Advocacy Services
Incorporating Noise Abatement in Universal Design to Prevent Noise Related Hearing Loss & Health Problems
The acoustical environment of most residential, commercial and industrial space is typically given little or no attention during project planning and design. Demand is growing for interior design that adopts universal design principles to living and working spaces as a preventative measure.
Acoustiblok Inc.
Removing Barriers to Health Care: A Guide for Health Professionals
This 16 page booklet provides guidelines and recommendations to help health care professionals ensure equal use of the facility and services by all their patients. The information in this guide gives health care providers a better understanding of how to improve not only the physical environment, but also their personal interactions with patients with disabilities. There is also a review of some of the design standards established through state and federal laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), that health care professionals need to know.
North Carolina Office on Disability and Health & The Center for Universal Design
Removing Barriers to Health Clubs and Fitness Facilities A Guide for Accommodating All Members, Including People with Disabilities and Older Adults
This 58 page comprehensive guide offers a discussion of usability and the "untapped market". An excellent resource for fitness facilities!
North Carolina Office on Disability and Health in collaboration with The Center for Universal Design
Universal Design in Healthcare
This website provides information about universal design in healthcare. The authors stress the importance of universal design, list the questions designers need to ask, and recommend universal design features for designing healthcare buildings.
Bante Design LLC
