In the September 2005 issue of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, researchers Agree, et al
published an article analyzing data about people with disabilities by using the 1994-1995 National Health
Interview Survey Disability Supplement. The article focused on the role of assistive technology with a
disabled person's usage of informal and formal personal assistance services. The findings from the
research indicated that the use of assistive technology was associated with disabled people using
less hours of informal care. The authors suggested that having both formal personal assistance services
and assistive technology could reduce the amount of informal care used.