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Disabled Living Foundation announces new features in DLF Data
29th January 2007
A
number of invaluable new features have been added to DLF
Data, the UK's only comprehensive database of disability
equipment produced by national charity the Disabled Living
Foundation (DLF). These features will help users save time
when looking for impartial product information and have
been developed based on user feedback.
New features include:
- A product comparison feature that allows users to compare the features of up to 4 products side-by-side
- A product filter that enables users to narrow their searches by selecting specific features they are looking for in a product. For example, when looking for cordless telephones, users can ask the product filter to only find products that contain answerphones, visual indicators or large button keypads.
- A discussion feature that allows users to add comments about products and thus share the knowledge and expertise of the thousands of professionals who use DLF Data. Users can discuss individual products or give them a star rating to provide feedback to other users to help them find products that are most suitable for their clients.
- A product inventory feature that allows Disabled Living Centres and other organisations to build an inventory of the items they hold in stock
- Hourly updates – product updates are now occurring every hour to ensure that users are kept up-to-date with the latest developments in assistive technology
- Enhanced reporting and printing facilities to help users provide quality information to their clients
DLF Data user Guy Montague, Team Manager at The Brighton and Hove Daily Living Centre, says: “Throughout my professional career I've always used DLF Data for reference. I believe that the features that the DLF has added, especially the reports and product comparisons, have made a previously valuable tool for occupational therapists truly essential.”
For further information on DLF Data, including site-licence pricing or details of how to set up a free trial, please call 020 7432 8003 or email subscriber@dlf.org.uk
For further information:
Please contact Alison Orr, Marketing Officer, Disabled Living Foundation on tel 020 7289 6111 ext 211 or email alison.orr@dlf.org.uk
Notes for editors
The Disabled Living Foundation is a national charity working to reduce the disabling effects of all types of physical impairment by providing information and advice on all aspects of technology for assisting and advancing independent living.
Central to the DLF and its services is the UK’s most comprehensive database of manufacturers and suppliers of assistive technologies – equipment designed to enable older and disabled people to live more independently. Known as DLF Data, it is a valuable resource subscribed to mainly by health and social care professionals, and an essential tool for DLF in-house advisors operating our Helpline and Equipment Demonstration Centre.
Furthermore, the DLF co-ordinates a number of training courses from London’s largest Equipment Demonstration Centre.
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