Adaptive Eating
Vincere Weighted Utensils Review: Months of Daily Use at Home
Fourteen months of three meals a day with a weighted four piece set, from a caregiver who bought it after her husband stopped eating soup in front of company.
A caregiver's plain account of the four-piece weighted set that made soup less of a fight at their kitchen table, and what it does not do.
Fourteen months of three meals a day with a weighted four piece set, from a caregiver who bought it after her husband stopped eating soup in front of company.
Two different tools get sold as one. Here is the version of this comparison I wish someone had handed me fourteen months ago.
A husband with Parkinson's, a bowl of soup, and the four pieces of flatware that got him back to the table.
A caregiver's plain account of the four-piece weighted set that made soup less of a fight at their kitchen table, and what it does not do.
Fourteen months of meals at our kitchen table, and the five habits that made a weighted fork and spoon actually work.
Fourteen months of daily use at our kitchen table. What the weight actually fixes, what it does not, and the week my husband refused to touch them.
Two years of daily use, one trunk lift at a time. What held up, what did not, and the doorway I should have measured first.
A caregiver compares the Drive Medical rollator she bought for her husband with the Medline steel rollator other families keep asking about, including the width problem nobody mentions.
Ten things a four-wheel rollator actually changed at our house, from the hallway to the trunk of the Buick. Written by a wife, not a clinician.
Two years ago my husband nearly went down on the concrete in front of our garage. Here is what changed after that, and what honestly did not.
Nine doorways, one long hallway, and a runner rug I stopped trusting. What we changed in this house after Walt went down on one knee, and the order I would do it in again.
Two years, one near-fall on the driveway, and a lot of trips through the frozen-food aisle. Here is what nobody tells you before you buy a rollator for someone you love.
Ten months, one strap under the mattress, and the two worst minutes of my husband's day quietly disappeared. Here is what held up, what did not, and who this rail is actually for.
Two rails, two different problems. Ten months with one on Walt's side of the bed, and an honest look at where the other one is the better answer.
Ten months of one rail on one side of a queen bed, and the ten things it actually changed about our mornings.
Marjorie Ellison on the ten minutes that used to wreck her back every morning, and the piece of gear that gave them back to her.
Two years of hauling my husband up by the arm, then ten months of a rail and a routine that mostly runs itself. The steps, in the order we actually did them.
Ten months of mornings, nighttime bathroom trips, and one re-tightened strap. What this rail actually does, what it does not, and who should not buy it.
Eighteen months, three or four showers a week, one walk-in stall in Dayton, Ohio. What held up, what annoyed me, and the one number to check before you order.
Drive makes the lower cost chair and a much wider range of them. The Medline has padded arms on both sides, and for a man who needs to push himself up out of a seat, that decided the whole thing.
Ten plain-spoken reasons the Medline shower chair earned its spot in our bathroom, from a wife who has been doing the morning routine for seven years.
Eighteen months ago my husband started taking four-minute showers. Here is the piece of gear that fixed that, and the two things I got wrong before I bought it.
Eighteen months of showers with a husband who has Parkinson's, and the five steps that turned the most dangerous hour of our day into a routine.
Eighteen months, one walk-in shower, and a husband with Parkinson's who would rather not be watched. What the Medline chair does, what it does not, and the two things I would measure before ordering.
Eight months on the end of our couch, twice a day, with a husband who has Parkinson's. What the rail does, what it does not do, and the cushion detail nobody mentions.
A handle and a lift solve two different halves of standing up. Here is how we sorted out which one belonged in our living room.
Our couch is low, soft and twenty-seven years old. Getting Walt up off it used to be my job. Here is what changed when we stopped doing it my way.
Eight months with a standing aid on the living room couch, and the one thing I would tell another caregiver before they order one.
Eight months of a rail at the end of the couch, the setup mistakes I made first, and the five steps that finally turned the evening into something less than an event.
Eight months on a low couch in our living room: what the rail actually does, the cushion problem nobody mentions, and the eight thirty in the evening problem it finally solved.
Fourteen months of three meals a day with a weighted four piece set, from a caregiver who bought it after her husband stopped eating soup in front of company.
Fourteen months of daily use at our kitchen table. What the weight actually fixes, what it does not, and the week my husband refused to touch them.
Two years of daily use, one trunk lift at a time. What held up, what did not, and the doorway I should have measured first.
Two years, one near-fall on the driveway, and a lot of trips through the frozen-food aisle. Here is what nobody tells you before you buy a rollator for someone you love.
Ten months, one strap under the mattress, and the two worst minutes of my husband's day quietly disappeared. Here is what held up, what did not, and who this rail is actually for.
Ten months of mornings, nighttime bathroom trips, and one re-tightened strap. What this rail actually does, what it does not, and who should not buy it.
Eighteen months, three or four showers a week, one walk-in stall in Dayton, Ohio. What held up, what annoyed me, and the one number to check before you order.
Eighteen months, one walk-in shower, and a husband with Parkinson's who would rather not be watched. What the Medline chair does, what it does not, and the two things I would measure before ordering.
Eight months on the end of our couch, twice a day, with a husband who has Parkinson's. What the rail does, what it does not do, and the cushion detail nobody mentions.
Eight months on a low couch in our living room: what the rail actually does, the cushion problem nobody mentions, and the eight thirty in the evening problem it finally solved.