Built Up Handle Adapter
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Built-Up Grip For Pencil Or Paintbrush
DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To provide an enlarged grasping surface for individuals with arthritis or fine motor or grasping disabilities. Included in a chapter entitled "Living Room & Leisure Activities," this article provides several suggestions for simple solutions using small balls. The barrel of a pen, the shaft of a pencil, or the handle of a paintbrush can be pressed through the center of a two-inch foam ball, a Ping-Pong ball, or a hollow plastic, practice golf ball. MATERIALS:
Built-Up Handles
DO-IT-YOURSELF-ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To assist individuals upper extremity disabilities in holding eating and other utensils and implements. Foam cylinders with holes at either end can be trimmed to size and slipped over the utensil handle, a pen, pencil, etc. The foam is available in varying thicknesses to accommodate different sized hands. MATERIALS: Foam tubing. SKILLS REQUIRED: Cutting. TITLE: Doing It Yourself. JOURNAL: Quest. REF: Volume 12, Number 6, November 2005. WEB: http://www.mdusa.or
Crayola Model Magic
Crayola Model Magic is material for creating custom built-up handle adapters for individuals with arthritis or fine motor or grasping disabilities. Available in four-ounce packages or two-pound buckets, this compound air dries can be used to create grips for writing and eating utensils, tools, paint brushes, hair brushes, combs, toothbrushes, and more. COLOR: The four-ounce packages are available in a choice of red, yellow, white, blue, green, orange, neon pink, neon red, neon green, neon lemon,
Foam Rubber Adapter Handle
The Foam Rubber Adapter Handle is a built-up handle adapter designed for use by individuals with grasping or upper extremity disabilities or arthritis. The handle slips on spoons, forks, knives, grooming utensils, toothbrushes, etc. to create a larger gripping surface. The surface is smooth, washable vinyl. DIMENSIONS: 1.25 inches in diameter.
Grippers
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with grasping and other upper extremity disabilities to grasp items such as pens, pencils, toothbrushes, paintproushes, etc. Gripping objects that have small diameter handles, like pens, spoons, toothbrushes can be difficult for people with fine motor disabilities. There are many ways to adapt those items so they can be used. Sme objects that can be used to enlarge a device handle and make it easier to hold include a 35 millimeter film co
Make It Yourself Holder
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY
PURPOSE: Increase grasp on writing implement. Suggests wrapping a pen or pencil with tape or twisting rubber bands around the writing implement; inserting the writing device into a practice golf ball, foam curler, foam tubing or a piece of childs modeling clay in order to increase the circumference. an elastic holder can be made by shaping a 1 1/2 inch wide strip of elastic around the thumb, then pinning the elastic; next pin elastic around a pen or pencil, then around the
Modified Chair Lever
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To provide a customized adaptation to operate the level mechanism of a reclining chair for an individual with right arm weakness. The original lever was quite short and positioned low down on the right side making it very difficult to push down to raise and lower the leg support section of the chair. A handle was created that bent out far enough from the base so it cleared the chair armrest and with a modified handgrip for easier grasping. A bent section of square ste
Molded Built-Up Handles
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable people with grasping disabilities to hold and use a variety of utensils and tools. Sculpey is a soft, pliable polymer clay that works and feels like ceramic clay, but does not dry out when exposed to air. Users can shape it into any form and then bake it in a standard home oven or a toaster oven at 275 degrees Fahrenheit (130 degrees Celcius) for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the piece. Available in forty colors, once it cools, it can
My-Grip
My-Grip is a cylindrical foam padding designed for use by individuals with gripping and grasping limitations. By applying heat to the high friction thermoplastic materials of the moldable handle grips, it becomes pliable enough to conform to the contours of the individual's hand and can therefore be used as a built-up handle adapter. SIZES: Various handle sizes are available for the Tubing and Spiral Wrap.
My-Grip Pencil And Crochet Grips
My-Grip is a high friction thermoplastic material that can be used as pencil and crochet grips or as pre-cut built-up handle adapters. The material is moldable when heat is applied, and it becomes pliable enough to conform to the contours of the individual's hand. This adaptive aid is especially well designed for persons with upper extremity disabilities or poor grasping ability. My-Grip is non-toxic and dishwasher safe.
Swing Capsule
---- PROTOTYPE --------- PURPOSE: To design a prototype of a kitchen knife for use by individuals with grasping, fine motor or upper extremity disabilities or arthritis. The designer believes that traditional knives are not suitable for the elderly because the center of mass is located in the rear when people push down. The solution is the Swing Capsule kitchen knife. The handle can be rotated up and over the blade to create a more centered balanced while keeping the users fingers safely away fr
Toothbrush Grips
The Toothbrush Grips are designed to enable users with poor hand strength and dexterity to hold a toothbrush. These custom modifications include a built-up handle made of foam to increase the grip diameter and area, and two protruding arms that allow the brush to be supported by the forearm and reinforced by the thumb. PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT: The grips were designed by Paul Cermak for users with little hand control and dexterity that have difficulty with tasks such as brushing their teeth.
Writing Aids.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Increase grasp on writing implement. Five drawings of adaptations for pens and pencils including a foam curler slipped over the writing implement and secured with tape; a pen or pencil pushed through a practice golf ball to create a larger grasping surface; corrugated rubber tubing slipped over implement to increase friction; a rectangular block with angled opening for pen or pencil; and a suggestion for using a regular large diameter pen (1-2 inches).