Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for the NE AgrAbilty project is farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Important secondary target audiences are individuals who help identify members of the primary audience, and individuals who provide assistance to members of the primary audience, including health care professionals, funding resources, vendors of assistive technology and equipment, and others. Consumers who promote safety and healthy lifestyles are a tertiary audience. Changes/Problems: VR is currently in an Order of Selection and has made priority areas to pull clients from. To overcome this problem, we have been identifying unused equipment to redistribute and have received NE State fundsfor AT. An AT fund has been created within Easterseals Nebraska and now has support financial support from the State of Nebraska. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Staff taught virtually at AgriMed Course in July 2022. Staff gave a presentation on Stress to the Nebraska Cattleman's Group. Fourteen workshops statewide "Communicating with Farmers Under Stress" for ag professionals Stress session for Ag- Ceptional Women's Conference and Women in Ag Conference Sleep Deprivation session for Women in Ag conference Program for communicating with producers having stress - for employees in 7 USDA FSA regions Progressive Ag Safety Day disability lessons for kids in several locations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? An updated SRAP marketing brochure was distributed at various locations across the state as we promote AgrAbility. Referrals have come directly from news articles in local papers and state sources,TV and other media sources, as well as information requests for programming.Brochures placed with networking partners have brought a number of referrals to the project. The team is exploring radio spots and billboards for continued dissemination of information. Nebraska AgrAbility Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages continue to grow and be successful. A format has been developed for use with OT professional rotations and week-long fieldwork, including a new program with Nebraska Methodist College. The Clinical Contract was reviewed and updated in 2018 so students could begin in 2019. We now have students working with our program. They now work alongside the Easterseals team. Agribusinesses firms from across the state were contacted for quotes and supplied AT to AgrAbility clients. Promotional presentations have been given or booths promoting AgrAbility were available at the Husker Harvest Days, NRCS for Disability Awareness Month, Nebraska Community Foundation, FFA Career Pathways Conference, York Ag Expo, Advisory Board Meeting, Beginning Farmer/Rancher Group, ATP ReUse Group, Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association, Triumph of Ag, and State FFA Convention, reaching over 5,000 participants. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Total number of client contacts for the period where some degree of service was rendered 29. The fact that Nebraska VR is in "Order of Selecton" and the pandemic had an impact on services this year but the figure was higher than expected for the period. Client example: A young farmer overcomes a farm accident and succeeds with an incomplete spinal cord injury. With the financial assistance of Vocational Rehabilitation, the client is able to take care of his cattle again on his own with a skid steer, cattle working equipment, and side by side. We were also able to obtain state funding for Assistive Technology for our clients. The State of Nebraska has committed $400,000 over atwo years (2022-20223to purchase AT for our clients. We are on track to spend this funds down by the end of this year. Non-funding impacts: Our AgrAbility loaner trailer has been loaned out to several clients when requested. AgrAbility arranged for the relocation of additional donated equipment to other Nebraska AgrAbility client.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
https://agrability.unl.edu
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for the NE AgrAbilty project is farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Important secondary target audiences are individuals who help identify members of the primary audience, and individuals who provide assistance to members of the primary audience, including health care professionals, funding resources, vendors of assistive technology and equipment, and others. Consumers who promote safety and healthy lifestyles are a tertiary audience. Changes/Problems: VR is currently in an Order of Selection and has made priority areas to pull clients from. To overcome this problem, we have been identifying unused equipment to redistribute and exploring options to do development to raise funds for AT. An AT fund has been created within Easterseals Nebraska and now has support from the State of Nebraska Client visits have also been changeddue to the COVID Pandemic, but procedures have been put in place to conduct visits virtually or on site if needed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Staff taught virtually at AgriMed Course in July 2020 and plan to again in 2021 Staff gave a presentation on Stress to the Nebraska Cattleman's Group. Fourteen workshops statewide "Communicating with Farmers Under Stress" for ag professionals Stress session for Ag-Ceptional Women's Conference and Women in Ag Conference Sleep Deprivation session for Women in Ag conference Program for communicating with producers having stress - for employees in 7 USDA FSA regions Progressive Ag Safety Day disability lessons for kids in several locations. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? An updated SRAP marketing brochurewasdistributed at various locations across the state as we promote AgrAbility. Referrals have come directly from news articles in local papers and state sources,TV and other media sources, as well as information requests for programming.Brochures placed with networking partners have brought a number of referrals to the project. The team is exploring radio spots and billboards for continued dissemination of information. Nebraska AgrAbility Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages continue to grow and be successful. A format has been developed for use with OT professional rotations and week-long fieldwork, including a new program with Nebraska Methodist College. The Clinical Contract was reviewed and updated in 2018 so students could begin in 2019. We now have students working with our program. They now work alongside the Easterseals team. Agribusinesses firms from across the state were contacted for quotes and supplied AT to AgrAbility clients. Promotional presentations have been given or booths promoting AgrAbility were available at the Husker Harvest Days, NRCS for Disability Awareness Month, Nebraska Community Foundation, FFA Career Pathways Conference, York Ag Expo, Advisory Board Meeting, Beginning Farmer/Rancher Group, ATP ReUse Group, Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association, Triumph of Ag, and State FFA Convention, reaching over 5,000.? What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Networking - Continue to explore further means of funding work of the rehabilitation specialists through entities that work with Nebraskans with disabilities. A 3-year service agreement has been secured with NE Vocational Rehabilitation Services to provide NE VR clients with rural rehabilitation assessment services and continues to grow with no issues or challenges. A similar agreement on a yearly basis has been secured with the NE Commission for the Blind. This will help support future AgrAbility efforts and could potentially double the available project staff to provide AgrAbility services in coming years. Assistance - maintain the use of the temporary AT program, including the use of our machinery access lift available to serve the needs of farmers with temporary disabilities and those waiting assessment results.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Total number of client contacts for the period where some degree of service was rendered.............27 The fact that Nebraska VR is in "Order of Selecton" and the pandemic had an impact on servicesthis year but the figure was higher thanexpected for the period. Client example:A young farmer overcomes a farm accident and succeeds with an incomplete spinal cord injury. With the financial assistance of Vocational Rehabilitation, the client is able to take care of his cattle again on his own with a skid steer, cattle working equipment, and sideby side. We were also able to obtain state funding for Assistive Technology for our clients. The State of Nebraska has committed $400,000 over the next two years to purchase AT for our clients. Non-funding impacts: Our AgrAbility loaner trailer has been loaned out to several clients when requested. AgrAbility arranged for the relocation of additional donated equipment to otherNebraska AgrAbility client.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
https://agrability.unl.edu
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for the NE AgrAbilty project is farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Important secondary target audiences are individuals who help identify members of the primary audience, and individuals who provide assistance to members of the primary audience, including health care professionals, funding resources, vendors of assistive technology and equipment, and others. Consumers who promote safety and healthy lifestyles are a tertiary audience. Changes/Problems: VR is currently in an Order of Selection and has made priority areas to pull clients from. To overcome this problem, we have been identifying unused equipment to redistribute and exploring options to do development to raise funds for AT. An AT fund has been created within Easterseals Nebraska. Client visits have also been delayed due to the COVID Pandemic, but procedures have been put in place to conduct visits virtually or on site if needed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Staff will teach virtually at AgriMed Course in July 2020. Staff gave a presentation on Stress to the Nebraska Cattleman's Group. Fourteen workshops statewide "Communicating with Farmers Under Stress" for ag professionals Stress session for Ag-Ceptional Women's Conference and Women in Ag Conference Sleep Deprivation session for Women in Ag conference Program for communicating with producers having stress - for employees in 7 USDA FSA regions Progressive Ag Safety Day disability lessons for kids in Franklin. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Priority-Marketing: The SRAP marketing brochure was completely revised and updated with a new look and up to date information. These are distributed at various locations across the state as we promote AgrAbility. Referrals have come directly from news articles in local papers and state sources,TV and other media sources, as well as information requests for programming.Brochures placed with networking partners have brought a number of referrals to the project. Disseminated stress management fliers - 300, and the wallet resource cards for stress - 300. Nebraska AgrAbility Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages continue to grow and be successful. The facebook page has 676 followers reaching almost 1000 people a week. The Twitter page has 244 followers reaching almost 3000 impressions per month. The Instagram Page has 155 followers reaching almost 1000 likes per month. The Nebraska AgrAbility web site has been updated and expanded to include more valuable information for visitors. A format has been developed for use with OT professional rotations and week-long fieldwork, including a new program with Nebraska Methodist College. The Clinical Contract was reviewed and updated in 2018 so students could begin in 2019. One professional rotation student from Creighton University participated this year for 8 weeks. She worked alongside the Easterseals Rural Rehabilitation Specialists as they visited AgrAbility clients and wrote new information for Mental Health education in agriculture. Agribusinesses firms from across the state were contacted for quotes and supplied AT to AgrAbility clients. Promotional presentations have been given or booths promoting AgrAbility were available at the Husker Harvest Days, NRCS for Disability Awareness Month, Nebraska Community Foundation, FFA Career Pathways Conference, York Ag Expo, Advisory Board Meeting, Beginning Farmer/Rancher Group, ATP ReUse Group, Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association, Triumph of Ag, and State FFA Convention, reaching over 6,700 people, reaching over 6,000 people. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Networking - Continue to explore further means of funding work of the rehabilitation specialists through entities that work with Nebraskans with disabilities. A 3-year service agreement has been secured with NE Vocational Rehabilitation Services to provide NE VR clients with rural rehabilitation assessment services and continues to grow with no issues or challenges. A similar agreement on a yearly basis has been secured with the NE Commission for the Blind. This will help support future AgrAbility efforts and could potentially double the available project staff to provide AgrAbility services in coming years. Assistance - maintain the use of the temporary AT program, including the use of our machinery access lift available to serve the needs of farmers with temporary disabilities and those waiting assessment results.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Total number of client contacts for the period where some degree of service was rendered.............32 Total Submissions to VR for funding:.........$312,365.00 Total Authorized..........................................$134,521.00 The fact that Nebraska VR is in "Order of Selecton" had an impact on our approval rate this year but the figure was higher than I expected for the period. A Southwest Nebraska rancher and ranch wife, who has a left leg amputation and mobility limitations, was assessed by Nebraska AgrAbility at the ranch and referred to Nebraska VR Services. Recommendations to VR included a utility vehicle for mobility and an overhead bulk feed bin to eliminate the task of scooping cubes and delivering them to the cow herd in 5-gallon buckets. Her husband restored a pickup mounted feed box to deliver the cubes. Nebraska VR authorized these Nebraska AgrAbility recommendations and the assistive technology was purchased and is currently in use. A 55-year-old South Central Nebraska cash grain farmer with extreme left side muscle weakness and mobility limitations as a result of a stroke was assessed at the farm by Nebraska AgrAbility and referred to Nebraska VR services. Nebraska AgrAbility recommended a remote controlled sliding door operation system for his machine shed as well as a bracket to allow one-handed operation of a Grasshopper mower for weed and grass mowing around the farmstead. A Nebraska AgrAbility on-call staff engineer designed and built the bracket and a local fabricator built a grab handle and a step for access to the lawn mower. The door opener was authorized and funded by VR Services and the lawn mower items were supplied to the farmer at no cost. A 70 year old farmer, in Southeast Nebraska overcame a cerebral vascular accident with help from Nebraska AgrAbility.His limitations included mobility around the farm and access to his machine shed. With the help of VR he was able to get an Overhead Doors installed in his Machine Shed and a side by side for mobility around the farm. Non-funding impacts: Our AgrAbility loaner trailer lift was located to a south central Nebraska farmer when her lift was damaged so she could continue field preparation work for planting. AgrAbility arranged the relocation of a flatbed person lift for machinery access, and a pickup, to a western Nebraska farmer from a northeast Nebraska farmer who had retired. AgrAbility loaned a power wheelchair to a south central Nebraska farmer upon his return home from the hospital. AgrAbility arranged for the relocation of a donated accessible van from a deceased AgrAbility client to a western Nebraska AgrAbility client. AgrAbility arranged for the location of a house entry ramp to a central Nebraska farmer when he came home from a rehabilitation center.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://agrability.unl.edu
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for the NE AgrAbilty project is farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Important secondary target audiences are individuals who help identify members of the primary audience, and individuals who provide assistance to members of the primary audience, including health care professionals, funding resources, vendors of assistive technology and equipment, and others. Consumers who promote safety and healthy lifestyles are a tertiary audience. Changes/Problems:Plans for assistive technology and modifications have been submitted to VR (NE Vocational Rehabilitation)in the amount of $0.00.VR is currently in an Order of Selection and has made priority areas to pull clients from. To overcome this problem, we have been identifying unused equipment to redistribute and exploring options to do development to raise funds for AT. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Priority-Education: Staff taught a session titled AgrAbility at the annual AgriMed Course held in Omaha, Nebraska and at the LEAD Workshop held in Grand Island, Nebraska reaching over 100 people. Easterseals and Extension staff members attending trainings about Mental Health First Aid. 7 Nebraska AgrAbility project staff attended the National Training Workshop in Lincoln, NE. Nearly 200 educational brochures about stretching to prevent musculoskeletal disorders and 200 about Stressing Less on the Farm/Ranch were distributed to farmers, ranchers, and their families. Lessons have been presented at 3 safety days and two after-school programs, reaching approximately 677 students. Priority - Networking: 15 peers and volunteers assisted with outreach and support this year, with 3-4 referrals coming directly from their efforts.Several new clients were contacted by trained Peer Supporters.15 peers staffed an informational/educational booth at Husker Harvest Days. The advisory committee continues to meet yearly for networking, resource-sharing and program direction. One OT Doctoral candidate from Creighton University did her last field rotation with AgrAbility Staff.She has since graduated and will be employed as Doctor of Occupational Therapy in a rural Nebraska community. Partnerships in the form of contract service agreements were continued with VR Services and Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The VR contract has been extended for 3 years. Agribusiness firms from across the state were contacted for quotes and supplied AT to AgrAbility clients. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Priority-Marketing: The SRAP marketing brochure was completely revised and updated with a new look and up to date information. These are distributed at various locations across the state as we promote AgrAbility. Referrals have come directly from news articles in local papers and state sources,TV and other media sources, as well as information requests for programming.Brochures placed with networking partners have brought a number of referrals to the project. Nebraska AgrAbility Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages continue to grow and be successful.The facebook page has 676 followers reaching almost 1000 people a week.The Twitter page has 244 followers reaching almost 3000 impressions per month. The Instagram Page has 155 followers reaching almost 1000 likes per month. The Nebraska AgrAbility web site has been updated and expanded to include more valuable information for visitors. A format has been developed for use with OT professional rotations and week-long fieldwork, including a new program with Nebraska Methodist College.The Clinical Contract was reviewed and updated in 2018 so students could begin in 2019.One professional rotation student from Creighton University participated this year for 8 weeks.She worked alongside the Easterseals Rural Rehabilitation Specialists as they visited AgrAbility clients and wrote new information for Mental Health education in agriculture. Agribusinesses firms from across the state were contacted for quotes and supplied AT to AgrAbility clients. Promotional presentations have been given or booths promoting AgrAbility were available at the Women in Ag Conference, Ag-Ceptional Women's Conference, Nebraska Occupational Therapy Conference, Basset Ranch Expo, Husker Harvest Days, Gateway Farm Expo, Buffalo Bill Ranch Expo, Nebraska State Fair, Governor's Ag Conference, AgrAbility National Training Workshop, and State FFA Convention, reaching over 6,700 people, reaching over 6,000 people. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Networking - Continue to explore further means of funding work of the rehabilitation specialists through entities that work with Nebraskans with disabilities. A 3-year service agreement has been secured with NE Vocational Rehabilitation Services to provide NE VR clients with rural rehabilitation assessment services and continues to grow with no issues or challenges. A similar agreement on a yearly basis has been secured with the NE Commission for the Blind. This will help support future AgrAbility efforts and could potentially double the available project staff to provide AgrAbility services in coming years. Assistance - maintain the use of the temporary AT program, including the use of our machinery access lift available to serve the needs of farmers with temporary disabilities and those waiting assessment results.SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON UNUSED OR RETIRED ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO PLACE IT WHERE IT CAN BE BEST UTILIZED.AGRABILITY STAFF ATTEND QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH ATP, "ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP", TO CREATE AWARENESS OF UNUSED ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ITEMS AND PLACE THOSE ITEMS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
54 clients have been served June 1, 2018 through May, 2019.Of those 54 clients 25 were new clients and 24 were continuing cases or re-opened cases.AgrAbility is currently serving two visually impaired clients referred to AgrAbility from Nebraska Commision for the Blind and Visually Impaired.Although each client reports some type of impact, the following show specific ways AgrAbility services increased client productivity or independence. A 68-year old farmer rancher from Buffalo county who lost his lower left leg in an ATV accident in August of 2017 was served by AgrAbility.His farm assessment showed that his primary work limitations were outdoor mobility, cattle gate access to his pastures, and the need for a method of controlling noxious weeds in his pastures.An assessment and recommendations report was submitted to Nebraska VR in the amount of $12,060 for this assistive technology.A utility vehicle, some tube steel gates, cable winch gate closers, and a 12-volt utility vehicle tank sprayer were funded by Nebraska VR. A male farmer from Northeast Central Nebraska who is affected by degenerative joint disease was served during this period.His limitations include mobility, working cattle and putting in posts.As a result of his on-farm assessment he was able to find funds within his community to help buy a new cattle working chute that requires less physical effort to operate allowing him to continue working effectively.He is applying for loans to be able to get his other equipment. Plans for assistive technology and modifications have been submitted to VR (NE Vocational Rehabilitation)in the amount of $0.00.VR is currently in an Order of Selection and has made priority areas to pull clients from.5 farmer/veterans have been served this year. Temporary Equipment previously purchased through grants has been fully utilized this year, with both the lift and ramping currently in use by clients waiting approval of plans.Three electric wheelchairs were donated to AgrAbility by the family of a deceased client and relocated. McGill Quality of Life Evaluation continued with data submitted from 8 new pre-service surveys and 2 matched post-surveys submitted.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
https://agrability.unl.edu
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for the NE AgrAbilty project is farmers and ranchers with disabilities. Important secondary target audiences are individuals who help identify members of the primary audience, and individuals who provide assistance to members of the primary audience, including health care professionals, funding resources, vendors of assistive technology and equipment, and others. Consumers who promote safety and healthy lifestyles are a tertiary audience. Changes/Problems: VR is currently in an Order of Selection and has made priority areas to pull clients from. To overcome this problem, we have been identifying unused equipment to redistribute and exploring options to do development to raise funds for AT. An AT fund has been created within Easterseals Nebraska. Client visits have also been delayed due to the COVID Pandemic, but procedures have been put in place to conduct visits virtually or on site if needed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Staff will teach virtually at AgriMed Course in July 2020. Staff gave a presentation on Stress to the Nebraska Cattleman's Group. Fourteen workshops statewide "Communicating with Farmers Under Stress" for ag professionals Stress session for Ag-Ceptional Women's Conference and Women in Ag Conference Sleep Deprivation session for Women in Ag conference Program for communicating with producers having stress - for employees in 7 USDA FSA regions Progressive Ag Safety Day disability lessons for kids in Franklin. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Priority-Marketing: The SRAP marketing brochure was completely revised and updated with a new look and up to date information. These are distributed at various locations across the state as we promote AgrAbility. Referrals have come directly from news articles in local papers and state sources,TV and other media sources, as well as information requests for programming.Brochures placed with networking partners have brought a number of referrals to the project. Disseminated stress management fliers - 300, and the wallet resource cards for stress - 300. Nebraska AgrAbility Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages continue to grow and be successful. The facebook page has 676 followers reaching almost 1000 people a week. The Twitter page has 244 followers reaching almost 3000 impressions per month. The Instagram Page has 155 followers reaching almost 1000 likes per month. The Nebraska AgrAbility web site has been updated and expanded to include more valuable information for visitors. A format has been developed for use with OT professional rotations and week-long fieldwork, including a new program with Nebraska Methodist College. The Clinical Contract was reviewed and updated in 2018 so students could begin in 2019. One professional rotation student from Creighton University participated this year for 8 weeks. She worked alongside the Easterseals Rural Rehabilitation Specialists as they visited AgrAbility clients and wrote new information for Mental Health education in agriculture. Agribusinesses firms from across the state were contacted for quotes and supplied AT to AgrAbility clients. Promotional presentations have been given or booths promoting AgrAbility were available at the Husker Harvest Days, NRCS for Disability Awareness Month, Nebraska Community Foundation, FFA Career Pathways Conference, York Ag Expo, Advisory Board Meeting, Beginning Farmer/Rancher Group, ATP ReUse Group, Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association, Triumph of Ag, and State FFA Convention, reaching over 6,700 people, reaching over 6,000 people. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Networking - Continue to explore further means of funding work of the rehabilitation specialists through entities that work with Nebraskans with disabilities. A 3-year service agreement has been secured with NE Vocational Rehabilitation Services to provide NE VR clients with rural rehabilitation assessment services and continues to grow with no issues or challenges. A similar agreement on a yearly basis has been secured with the NE Commission for the Blind. This will help support future AgrAbility efforts and could potentially double the available project staff to provide AgrAbility services in coming years. Assistance - maintain the use of the temporary AT program, including the use of our machinery access lift available to serve the needs of farmers with temporary disabilities and those waiting assessment results.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Total number of client contacts for the period where some degree of service was rendered.............32 Total Submissions to VR for funding:.........$312,365.00 Total Authorized..........................................$134,521.00 The fact that Nebraska VR is in "Order of Selecton" had an impact on our approval rate this year but the figure was higher than I expected for the period. A Southwest Nebraska rancher and ranch wife, who has a left leg amputation and mobility limitations, was assessed by Nebraska AgrAbility at the ranch and referred to Nebraska VR Services. Recommendations to VR included a utility vehicle for mobility and an overhead bulk feed bin to eliminate the task of scooping cubes and delivering them to the cow herd in 5-gallon buckets. Her husband restored a pickup mounted feed box to deliver the cubes. Nebraska VR authorized these Nebraska AgrAbility recommendations and the assistive technology was purchased and is currently in use. A 55-year-old South Central Nebraska cash grain farmer with extreme left side muscle weakness and mobility limitations as a result of a stroke was assessed at the farm by Nebraska AgrAbility and referred to Nebraska VR services. Nebraska AgrAbility recommended a remote controlled sliding door operation system for his machine shed as well as a bracket to allow one-handed operation of a Grasshopper mower for weed and grass mowing around the farmstead. A Nebraska AgrAbility on-call staff engineer designed and built the bracket and a local fabricator built a grab handle and a step for access to the lawn mower. The door opener was authorized and funded by VR Services and the lawn mower items were supplied to the farmer at no cost. A 70 year old farmer, in Southeast Nebraska overcame a cerebral vascular accident with help from Nebraska AgrAbility.His limitations included mobility around the farm and access to his machine shed. With the help of VR he was able to get an Overhead Doors installed in his Machine Shed and a side by side for mobility around the farm. Non-funding impacts: Our AgrAbility loaner trailer lift was located to a south central Nebraska farmer when her lift was damaged so she could continue field preparation work for planting. AgrAbility arranged the relocation of a flatbed person lift for machinery access, and a pickup, to a western Nebraska farmer from a northeast Nebraska farmer who had retired. AgrAbility loaned a power wheelchair to a south central Nebraska farmer upon his return home from the hospital. AgrAbility arranged for the relocation of a donated accessible van from a deceased AgrAbility client to a western Nebraska AgrAbility client. AgrAbility arranged for the location of a house entry ramp to a central Nebraska farmer when he came home from a rehabilitation center.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://agrability.unl.edu
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