Preparing and eating meals can present frustrating difficulties to the elderly, the visually impaired and people who suffer from arthritis or tremors.
Read MoreAccessible kitchen aids help to make life easier and more comfortable when using kitchen utensils and opening food containers. There is a wide range of accessible kitchen products, from cutlery and mugs which help with eating and drinking to talking scales and simple jar openers. Navigate below to find the best kitchen aid product for you.
Kitchen aids are ideal for the elderly or for people who suffer from visual impairment, arthritis and tremors. Opener aids help people with restricted dexterity to open those stiff jar, bottle or can lids, talking scales read out hard-to-see measurements and accessible mugs help keep liquids stable and protect from spillage.
Eating and drinking aids make eating meals much more comfortable. Accessible cutlery is designed to relieve wrist pain and make cutting food easier, bibs and aprons protect clothes from spillage, sloped plates allow for easier scooping and accessible mugs feature handles and lids for stability and spillage protection.
Gadgets like talking scales can significantly help with meal preparation. Those fiddly little buttons and hard-to-read measurements become much less frustrating because the scale will speak those measurements to you as you go. There is also a wide range of jar, bottle and can openers, some of which open mechanically, and others which simply offer tighter grip or easier leverage when opening the container.
Half steps reduce the distance that you have to move when using garden or door steps and give you an extra boost when reaching for high cupboards and shelves. This makes them ideal for the elderly or for people with restricted mobility in and around the home.
