Mobility

PT and OT with Benjamin Surmi, Paul Petitt, Brett Adler, David Richards, Gina Adams, Carol Chiang OT and Anthony Stannard DPT, ONR

By Linda Sherman / August 14, 2024

Special Guest Benjamin Surmi introduced our PT OT topic. Paul Petitt: ‘The value we provide to the individual is to focus our services on prevention and proactively address issues that would otherwise interfere with the older adult.’ David Richards: ‘We have a tool called Performance plus which is like Peloton for an older individual. It’s…

Caregiver Friendly Products Braze Mobility, PeelAways, Intuition Robotics, TheGerontechnologist, LivPact, EB Lifestyle, ABBY and Koelsch Communities

By Linda Sherman / August 5, 2024

This episode focused on caregiver-friendly and mobility products. Key presentations included John Debenedette’s Abby, a lightweight, foldable smart wheelchair, and Dr. Puja Viswanathan’s Brave Mobility blind spot sensors for wheelchairs. Daniel Rumack discussed Robotics Care’s bathing machine for independent hygiene. Maxwell Cohen introduced Peel Away Labs’ multi-layered bed sheets for easy changes. Dor Skuler highlighted…