An Infographic with text an illustrations titled “The Art of Adapting: How older people ‘hack’ household devices to make them easier to use.” There are nine tips total organized in a list format.
The text of the image reads:
“1. Soap in a stocking. A sensible solution to handling soap in the shower, according to Dr. Hougan. You can use the soap through the stocking, an if you ‘drop’ it, the bar is still within reach, not on the shower floor.
2. Sponge/ foam tubes. Can makes doorknobs, silverware and toothbrushes easier to grip.
3. Cilp-on napkin holder. Small alligator clips connected can be used to attach napkins to clothing, a more elegant solution than tucking the napkin into a shirt and less humiliating than using a bib.
4. Silicone rubber bumps with adhesive backs. Put on kitchen appliances, cellphones and keyboards to help people see and feel what buttons they need to press.
5. Sugru. This moldable, rubbery substance can make materials easier to turn, grab and carry, like the tops of jars and pill bottles.
6. Straw holder. Simply use a clothespin to keep the straw from moving around the glass.
7. Clothes hangers. These household staples have a variety of off-label uses, including holding cookbooks in the kitchen.
8. Shelf liners. These inexpensive materials can be used as nonslip seating.
9. Gadgetry. For the technologically savvy, a little customizing can go a long way. Like making remote controls easier to use by taking off unneeded buttons, or removing the ‘delete’ button from devices like cameras and picture viewers. In another example, one person repurposed a motion detector to monitor the movement of a spouse with dementia”
The illustrations that accompany the text are as follows:
1. a bar of soap hanging in a nylon stocking that is tied around the bar of a shower.
2. a fork and a spoon with blue foam around the handles, making the handles thicker
3. a person’s chest with a napkin clipped around it, similar to a napkin at a dentist’s appointment
4. a telephone next to a mat of detachable rubber bumps. One of the rubber bumps is attached to a button of the telephone.
5. a pill bottle with putty attached to the lid, give it a bigger handhold
6. a mug with a clothespin attached to the side. there is a straw in the mug attached to the clothespin
7. a clothes hanger hung on the handle of a kitchen cabinet. A book is clamped onto the bottom of the hanger.
8. a chair with a shelf liner on the seat and back.
9. an electronic device with a button removed.
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