Make Life Easier
by Professional Home Nursing
Is it getting harder to bend over to tie your shoes?
Is it getting more difficult to read your prescription
labels?
My grandmother would often tell me, “Kristi,
just don’t grow old!” It is bound to happen to all of us,
we cannot stop the aging process. We can however, with
today’s technology, get through the aging process gracefully.
There are many gadgets and techniques to make daily tasks
simpler. You just need to be willing to try them out!
Safety first!! Be sure to sit before putting on or
removing lower body clothing. To make the far reach easier,
try using a device called a reacher, or often referred to as
a “grabber.” The reacher can be used to push your pants
or underwear down over your feet. The reacher can also be
used to clench the waist band of your underwear or pants to
help get them up over your feet easier. Socks can be removed
with this buddy tool as well. Shoes can be brought to closer
proximity. The reacher is also most commonly used to
pick up items that have fallen on the floor, or with a towel
clenched at its claw end, can wipe up a water spill.
Another cool device is a sock aid. It is an odd
U-shaped device that once a sock is slid onto it, can very
simply put your sock on for you without the need to bend
over. Most folks who use it the first time, smile and say,
“That was slick!”
Now, I mentioned tying shoes earlier. There are
these great elastic shoe laces that lace up shoes in the typical
manner, leave them tied, then just slip the shoe on or
off without the need to bend ove ȸ