‘Empowering’ the caregivers of toddler rehabilitation groups: Creating a lifting system for caregivers, to lift toddlers with physical and cognitive disabilities from the ground

INTRO Rijndam is a rehabilitation centre in Rotterdam that is specialised in complex rehabilitation problems. Rijndam has different locations and different departments. At the Ringdijk there is a children’s department where the toddlers are supported by caregivers of rehabilitation daycare, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation...

Design of an exoskeleton arm support, which helps caregivers lift disabled clients

The topic of this graduation project is to “Design an arm support for a powered exoskeleton to help caregivers lift disabled clients”. It is connected to a PhD project on the Faculty of 3me in TU Delft, which aims to develop an exoskeleton for the caregiving industry. The idea is to decrease the physical and psychological stress caregivers...