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Simple Solutions for Seniors and People with Disabilities
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items Simple Solutions for Seniors and People with Disabilities offers practical tips, clever tricks, and easy to use ideas to make daily life safer, more comfortable, and more independent. From home organization and mobility aids to self care and time sav...
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Videos and Blogs
These videos and blog post will help you care for your elderly family to stay safe and to help them with the changes in their lives.
A good video on how to use a walker properly.
How to Walk with a Walker
This video teaches how to use crutches.
How to Use Crutches
This great video is how to use a cane. Yes, there is a proper way to use a cane.
How to use a Cane
This video has great sitting exercises for seniors. Be sure to check with your doctor before starting any exercise program.
Seated Exercises for Older Adults
This 11 minute video is great for learning how to stretch properly. Fun for seniors and beginners!
7 Effective Stretching Exercises for Seniors and Beginners
These exercises would be good for anyone but especially for seniors to keep them young and limber.
9 Core Exercises For Seniors - Enhance Strength, Stability, And Balance
These gentle exercises would be good for seniors or anyone with limited mobility.
8 Gentle Exercise Ideas For Seniors With Limited Mobility
For Caregivers
These printables for caregivers are a handy tool designed to make caring for others more organized and less stressful. It helps to manage daily routines, medications, appointments, and important contacts. Perfect for both family members and professio...
This printable is great way to help caregivers to keep track of what needs to be done and when.
Weekly Senior Caregiver Checklist
This caregiver log is editable in Excel or Google sheets and can be used for specific chores based on the need of care.
Caregiver Log Template - Caregiver Daily Log Editable Journal Excel or Google Sheets
This Caregiver Daily Activity Log is great for keeping track of all that needs to be done for caring for an elderly parent.
Caregiver Daily Activity Log Printable
These caregiver printable sheets will help you stay organized, especially if you need multiple caregivers.
Caregiver Daily Task Printable Checklist
This blog has great tips for taking care of the elderly people in your life and also yourself.
Seven Ways to Cope With Caring for Elderly Parents
This video helps a lot on what to do when you need to care for an elderly parent.
Top Tips for New Family Caregivers -How to Take care of Aging Parents
Being organized for caring for someone is very important. This blog has 10 tips to stay organized.
10 Tips to be an Organized Caregiver
Activities for Seniors
Activities for the Elderly offers a variety of engaging, fun, and meaningful ideas to keep minds sharp, bodies active, and spirits lifted. From gentle exercises and creative hobbies to games, music, and social activities, this collection is designed ...
These Cross coloring pages will help with dexterity and just to have fun.
Christians Crosses Coloring Pages - Fun for Adults
This printable Brain Game is a fun activity for seniors.
Finish the Phrase - Seniors Brain Games
These Large Print word searches are great for the elderly. Print as many as you would like and drop some off at the nearest nursing home.
Large print Senior Word Search Games for Elderly
This large print guide for seniors to stay as active as possible. Put some music on and exercise!
Senior Chair Workout Poster - Gentle Seated Workout for Seniors - Printable
These 96 printable games for seniors will keep their minds sharp and busy with friends. Great for senior centers, nursing homes and parties.
Printable Games for the Elderly - Nursing Homes
Here's four great balance exercises for seniors!
Four Balance Activities for Seniors
Products to Make Life Easier
Products for the Elderly features a selection of helpful items designed to make daily life safer, easier, and more comfortable. From mobility aids and adaptive kitchen tools to comfort accessories and safety devices, these products are chosen to supp...
These utensils with make it easier to hold and to grip.
Special Supplies Adaptive Utensils
This pill planner can be set up for a week of meds and keeps track to make sure pills are taken regularly.
Push Button (7-Day) Pill Planner -AM/PM
These reachers are so handy for picking things up off the floor or reaching into a cupboard. Great for anyone with back pain too.
26in Aluminum Reacher - Perfect for Picking Up Hard-to-Reach Items
This wheelchair is lightweight and foldable to put in car or SUV. Swing away legs to easily get in and out of the chair.
Lightweight Wheelchair for Adults with Flip Back Desk Arms
These gel seat cushions are so comfortable. Works great in a wheelchair for long sitting periods.
Large Gel Seat Cushion for Long Sitting
The website is a great source for finding help to take care of an elderly parents or kids with special needs. Don't be afraid to get help!
Care.com - Help When you Need It
Pretty foldable walking cane. Perfect for traveling and stores in a bag when it's not needed.
Bling Foldable Walking Cane
This shoe horn would be great for anyone who needs help with putting on their shoes. 24" handle and suitable for all types of footwear.
Shoe Gear Flexible Shoe Horn - Extendable Handle