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”LEISURE FOR EVERYONE” – PROJECT WITH TREAX PADS
The municipality of Sandnes in southern Norway has decided to focus on welfare technology in treatment of children with disabilities. This has led to the project ”Leisure for Everyone”. With financial support from the Norwegian Directorate of Health, the municipality of Sandnes initiated the project “Leisure for Everyone”. The project aims to investigate different types of assistive technology that can help disabled children participate in leisure activities. The project was launched in October 2016, and has been granted permission to continue until October 2018. The municipality has chosen to use part of the funding to buy four sets of Treax Pads with mounting...
FIVE GOOD WAYS TO TRAIN IN WATER
Training in water is especially good if you suffer from physical stress or injuries. For persons with cerebral palsy, water training can be a very good supplement to other training methods, as it is easier on joints and bones. And water has the added positive effect that exercises you usually do on land are more effective in water because of the water’s resistance. So there can be many advantages to moving your training to the swimming pool. Ordinary swimming is, of course, very good training, but other training exercises can also be done in water. Water can help children with...
AARHUS MUNICIPALITY BUYS EIGHT SETS OF TREAX PADS
Last year Aarhus Municipality bought eight sets of Treax Pads for four senior community centres and four care homes in one of the local areas. Treax Pads were chosen because several physiotherapist requested this innovative assistive technology, which can be used by both wheelchair users and people who can stand. Therapists from the four community centres and four care homes in a local area in Aarhus Municipality had, during the year, each written their own wish list for purchase of training instruments. Treax Pads received much attention. At the end of the year, the local area in Aarhus was granted funding...
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – STAVERN HOSPITAL IN NORWAY IS CONDUCTING A RESEARCH PROJECT WITH HAPPY REHAB
This past year, Stavern Hospital in Norway has tested the effects of rehabilitation training with Happy Rehab. 25 children with different functional limitations are participating in the project in the course of this year. The aim of the project is to test whether it is possible to reduce amount of training time with a therapist, by doing the training at home. Why use time and resources to attend physiotherapy several times a week, when there is assistive technology that can make good training and rehabilitation possible at home? This was the question posed by Stavern Hospital in Norway before starting their...