Dressing can be painful and frustrating for people with certain physical conditions. We recommend these tools that rehabilitation specialists use to increase a senior’s independence despite the physical limitations of arthritis, strokes, degenerative muscle disease and other conditions. In fact, occupational therapists use these tools before a patient is released from the hospital. Try them out for yourself and see the benefits of that extra hand these tools provide.
What to Wear?
Preparation starts the day before your morning routine. I recommend rearranging drawers and closets putting the easiest to wear clothes on top. Resist the urge to dictate what clothing choices are best by offering a variety of options. Unless you wear a uniform, no one wants to be told how to dress and express themselves however, there are subtle ways to make certain clothing top of mind.
Good Grip Kitchen Gadgets
In the 1990s a utensil company released easy grip kitchen utensils called good grips. Chances are you have some of them in your home. This company’s success is its simplicity. You can create your own easy grip tools. Let’s do it now. Here’s a manual tool brush, hairbrush, and spoon. I purchase this tubing online for this project. Look how easy it is to transform existing tools into easy grip tools.
Make Clothing Easy to Wear
How about zippers? Hair ties make pretty and easy to use zipper extenders. What about buttons? Can you think about how to make buttons easier to manipulate? Yes, you can attach sew the button on over the buttonhole then attach Velcro to the back button side of the fabric and the front of the front where the button used to sit. Now the garment works!
