Jessica Booth is a New York-based freelance writer who regularly writes about health, wellness, parenting, food, travel, beauty and more for a variety of publications. She currently writes for Forbes ...

A growing network of trained caregivers is transforming how patient movement happens across units and clinics On a day last fall, caregivers from across Duke University Hospital walked into a campus ...

Wheelchair lift vans and ADA-compliant services are designed to ensure safe and dignified travel for individuals who ...

Blanca Lugo has used her motorized wheelchair for 10 years. Since then, she says it's become much more than just a means of getting around. "If I can't take my chair...I'm dead," she says. For many of ...

Immobility in patients has always been an issue at home or at a hospital. It can be a result of a neurodegenerative disease, stroke, or even a bone fracture, making it challenging to move a person ...

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a proof-of-concept prototype Home Lift, Position, and Rehabilitation Chair (HLPR) designed to give ...

Blanca Lugo has used her motorized wheelchair for 10 years. Since then, she says it's become much more than just a means of getting around. "If I can't take my chair...I'm dead," she says. For many of ...

“RIBA-II” was developed by RIKEN, a Japanese government-run research body that surveyed nursing homes to find that lifting patients was the most tiring thing for workers–and they do it an average of ...