Elderly people affected by conditions like stroke, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, Parkinson’s tremors or poor fine motor skills often have trouble to eat independently. Hand tremors or weakness can make holding utensils and making hand or arm movements almost impossible. For this reason some seniors lose their appetite and stop eating.
Eating can be a pleasure again with adaptive plates and cups or special needs utensils.
For Parkinson’s, hand tremors or weakness
The weight of the utensil decreases the shakiness and enables the individual to feed themselves with much better control of the utensil.
3 compartments are helpful to keep foods separate, high sides make scooping easy.
Double handles are helpful to keep spills to a minimum. Good for adults with a weak grip, shaking hands, Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s and who need to drink in bed.
For Alzheimer’s or dementia
This dining set is designed to increase appetite in Alzheimer’s patients. Red color helps increase food intake of Alzheimer’s patients by 24% and liquid intake by 84%.
Elderly with Arthritis or hand mobility issues
U Bend It Utensils are the perfect cutlery solution for people with upper extremity weakness or reduced range of motion. Reducing wrist strain, both the fork and teaspoon are ideal for either arthritic hands or stiff wrists and elbows. These stainless steel utensils feature a twist in the shaft that allows it to be easily hand-bent to the left or right – at any angle comfortable to the user. Tab on end can be used to attach a wrist strap.
People with Dupuytren’s Contractures of the hand, severe Rheumatoid Arthritis, quadriplegia, or other upper extremity disabilities that cause grasping difficulties, find it almost impossible to hold regular eating utensils. This special utensil enables to hold a fork, spoon or knife securely and easily for dining.
Especially helpful for those with Osteo or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Enlarging the handles of such things as toothbrushes, combs, eating utensils, pens or pencils will greatly improve their grasping abilities.
