Technology Resources

Healthy Community Living Curriculums

Description: Workshops of varying durations within CILs to build independent living skills/employment/housing/peer support. Workshops include: Living Well in the Community, Community Living Skills, and Working Well with a Disability.

URL: http://healthycommunityliving.com

Creation Date: 2020            

Type of Product: workshops

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: little to no adaptation

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to rural areas

Reading Time: varies depending on workshops offered

Funding: fee to access facilitator trainings

Staff Needed: need staff facilitators to take trainings and lead workshops

Supplies: need internet access, may want to print some materials

Technology: need internet access, devices to access materials; projector/tv if sharing with group

Alone/Group: Done alone (1-2 staff), workshops are for groups of people with disabilities

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not all participants will maintain interest/availability for a full 7-10 week workshop

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 40.5

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


Developing the Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies Study

Description: This study provides a comprehensive user needs assessment for older adults with long-term vision, hearing, or mobility impairments.

URL: 

URL: R:drive

Creation Date: 2018           

Type of Product: tool; infosheet; research

People Required: community

Adaptation Needed: needed to access needs in own community – script provided

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: takes time to read document

Funding: needed to carry out survey

Staff Needed: needed to supply questionnaires and interviews, to do data analysis. Staff need to know how to gather data and need to have interview skills

Supplies: questionnaires and guide, all included

Technology: to access guide, data, and resources, can be printed

Alone/Group: done in a group with the community

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of community elderly and those willing to look at the data

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade level 14.6

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great, despite need to analyze data


How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet

Description: Tips to locate and list of trustworthy internet sites.

URL: 

Creation Date: 2015    

Type of Product: infosheet

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: information may need some updating

Rural Adaptations: availability of the internet

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none for guide

Staff Needed: none

Supplies: guide

Technology: online access for websites

Alone/Group: alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14.6

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


Getting Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet

Description: Tips to locate and list of trustworthy internet sites.

URL: 

Creation Date: 2012    

Type of Product: infosheet

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: information may need some updating

Rural Adaptations: availability of the internet

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none for guide

Staff Needed: none

Supplies: guide

Technology: online access for websites

Alone/Group: alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14.6

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


Making Self-Management Mobile Health Apps Accessible to People with Disabilities: Qualitative Single-Subject Study

Description: Study examining access needs when using health improvement apps for people with disabilities. It includes suggestions for designing accessibility options, such as button size and location. There is also a ready-to-use health app: IMHERE 2.0.

URL: https://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/1/e15060 (study), https://imhere.pitt.edu/ (app)

Creation Date: March 2020            

Type of Product: study; tips 

People Required: organization (app creation), individual (app use)

Adaptation Needed: would need a programmer if designing own apps

Rural Adaptations: technology skills needed, including internet access

Reading Time: approximately 1 hour to read study

Funding: variable – for devices

Staff Needed: may need staff for app creation or to assist people with installing and learning to use app

Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned

Technology: need online access and tablet/smartphone/computer if using app

Alone/Group: group (app development), alone (app use)

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not having technology, not knowing how to use technology

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 42.4 (study), Grade 11

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great, app designed for use by many people with different types of disabilities


Making Web-Based Job Application Forms Accessible to All Users

Description: Tips to make web-based job application forms accessible to all users.

URL: http://nwadacenter.org/factsheet/making-web-based-job-application-forms-accessible-all-users

Creation Date: March 2017

Type of Product: infosheet; tips 

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: maybe some updates

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: Does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: web developer to update websites/job postings and staff to test with accessibility tools

Supplies: job applications; technology to access website

Technology: need to be able to accesswebsite

Alone/Group: Done alone or group depending on testing requirements

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: may need significant changes depending on website accessibility

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 44.2

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great


Rural Resource Mapping

Description: Step-by-step guide of how to put together a map of community resources using Google My Maps.

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URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_independent_living_community_participation/93/

Creation Date: 2023            

Type of Product: guide, how-to, toolkit 

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: none

Rural Adaptations: use of Internet

Reading Time: Does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: to make map

Supplies: need this guide and external resources included

Technology: need this guide and other resources included; use Google My Maps

Alone/Group: Done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: Internet usage

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 38.9

Practical As-Is for Implementation: excellent