Environmental Control

[richcrocker]

Hi all, hope everyone is well.

I have the local environment control team contacting me in a week or so and I was wondering what sort of things they can offer but also what anyone else may have found really useful?

I use a smartbox gridpad via a head mouse which I have managed to get working the sky TV and I use the voice to tell Alexa off every now and then.

I'm really interested in what else might be available.

thanks in advance

Rich

[PeterPan]

Environmental control team have made it possible for me to control the following from my iPhone via a Housemate device - rise and recline chair, living room tv, Sky Q box, hospital bed, bedroom tv, Sky mini box, two plug in lights. Very useful. I didn’t know what might be possible either before their visit

[richcrocker]

thanks Peter that's a really interesting piece of kit. I would love to use an ipad as my communication device but I can only have a windows device from the local communication aid service.

[JamesW]

Hi Rich,

https://forum.mndassociation.org/forum/daily-living-with-mnd/equipment-technology/72633-integramouse

Integramouse+ was supplied to me by my local team

James

[JamesW]

….and also voice control for my bed:

https://forum.mndassociation.org/forum/daily-living-with-mnd/equipment-technology/73425-home-automation

[richcrocker]

thanks James , I think I read your post before but the search didn't bring it up!

[richcrocker]

I also managed to find this:

Talk Pad - thinksmartbox.com

which I would be really interested in!

[EvelynMW]

blimey, not at all the subject I thought it would be; although I would have been at a loss working out why the forum subject would be about environmental factors!

[richcrocker]

well thanks for everyone input I had some great ideas. Unfortunately the Bedfordshire environmental control team consists of one lovely lady and nothing in the way of resources.

the only thing that I asked about which could be possible was adjusting my rise recliner but that is apparently contra indicated because I might somehow accidentally recline my chair and choke on my own saliva?

I don't know how she thinks I sleep each night - presumably standing upright?!

[Ellie]

richcrocker That's disappointing/frustrating/downright annoying 😟

Was the lady from an dedicated assistive technology service? xx

PS: yes, how are you waking up every morning? 😉😍

[richcrocker]

Ellie she was the entire bedfordshire NHS team. She was lovely and meant well but ultimately not the saviour I'd been led to expect!

[Ellie]

richcrocker Sounds as if you're in a 'Not Spot' when it comes to assistive technology 😟😩

[richcrocker]

I am, luckily I'm a bit of a geek so I'm relishing the challenge of sorting it out. Learnt how to programme grid 3, got Alexa behaving herself and hive heating hue lights and anything else wifi enabled!