Lyn
Registered: 07/05/08
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I want to offer three simple tips for making life easier when the use of one or more arms makes life more difficult.
The tips work for me; you can decide whether or not they would work for you.
And please, if you have any tips to offer, we'd like to see them posted here.
TIP: This is for those who have limited extension of the arm toward your body and thus have difficulty holding a toothbrush close enough to brush your teeth, a comb close enough to comb your hair, a spoon close enough to your mouth, etc.
I attach an 'extension' to the handles of the comb, toothbrush, eating utensils so they are long enough to get where I need them to be. By 'extension' I mean a section of thin dowel taped to the item, or anything else that works to lengthen the item.
Question: Does anyone know if such extensions are available on the market? Extensions sold in different sizes and lengths, that you simply 'snap on' to the item? I have a feeling they are commercially available, but have not found them to date.
TIP: To shampoo hair when one or both hands cannot reach the hair. I fill the sink with warm water, add the shampoo to the water and make sure it is well mixed. Then, I hold my hair in the shampoo-water and use a back-scratcher to gently scrub my hair. The long-handled back-scratcher allows me to reach my hair and scrub gently and with ease. Then I drain the water, put clear warm water in the sink and rinse my hair; it is much easier to rinse the hair when you do not put a small 'glob' of shampoo on the head to begin with.
TIP: For clothing with zippers. Commercially available zipper pulls (inexpensive and available at many drug stores) have been most helpful. Since discovering how much they help me in getting dressed, I favor articles of clothing that zip rather than button.
TIP: For clothing with buttons. Assistive devices for buttoning and unbuttoning are commercially available. The device has a long extension with a loop at the end that allows one to pull a button through a button hole when not able to do so with the hands. I purchased the zipper pulls and button hole helpers at a local drug store in Seattle but cannot tell you where, online, you could get them. Maybe that is a tip you could offer me - tell me where, online, such things can be ordered?
- Lyn Wiley
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