Gardening Tools and Other Equipment
These items are all useful to people with an assortment of disabilities and physical limitations.
- Ergonomic Garden Tools: Short handled garden tools designed for use by people with limited grasping ability and by people in wheelchairs who do horticultural projects at table height. Also useful for individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, and other upper extremity disabilities. Available tools include a cultivator, trowel, and hoe (each sold separately). Made polyester powder-coated steel, the ergonomically-designed tools keep the hand and arm in a natural position and have a vertical bicycle-style hand grip covered in soft, ribbed padding. A padded C-shaped arm cuff keeps the tool in position and, combined with the hand grip and shaft angle, provides maximum leverage. DIMENSIONS: Each tool is 17.5 inches long. WEIGHT: Each tool weighs approximately 20 ounces.
- Time Timer with Red Disc Time Indicator: This Timer with Red Disc Time Indicator is useful for people with impaired hearing. The red disk can be moved to mark off a time interval of up to 60 minutes. As time passes, it decreases in size until no red is visible. Unique visual readout helps to define how much time has passed, and how much remains. This is also a great solution for children who have trouble telling time, and a silent time management tool for exams and other classroom activities.
- Key Turner: The blue Key Turner has a curved, heavy-duty plastic handle that provides extra leverage to turn keys. People with arthritis and weak grasp will find this key holder very handy. The Key Turner holds three keys that fold into the handle when not in use. This arthritis product measures 4 ¾" long and 7/8" wide.
- Key Turner Kit: The four white tabs are a Key Turner Kit Makes it possible to create a custom holder for keys of all shapes and sizes. This kit contains strips of low temperature thermoplastic for creating custom handles that make keys comfortable to grasp and turn. Ideal for people with limited hand strength and dexterity. When heated, the material becomes soft and pliable and can be molded onto keys for a custom fit. Kit includes material for 4 keys and a chain to link keys together.
- Book: The book A Celebration of Caregiving Portraits & Stories is the "Our IndependenceFirst" book that features 41 inspiring vignettes about the relationships between caregivers and the people they assist, accompanied by striking B/W and color photographs which illustrate those relationships. It showcases the contributions of caregivers so that the value of the work they perform will be better understood and appreciated by all
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