Easy Things to Make to Make Things Easy: Simple Do-It-Yourself Home Modifications for Older People and Others With Physical Limitations
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1571290249 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 109 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book is filled with suggestions to make life easier and more enjoyable for older persons with physical limitations.
A Customer said Not really for the disabled. I found this book to be focused primarily on the physical limitations of aging and not for persons with disabilities. I would recommend one of the several books on Universal homes if you are looking to really help improve the living spaces for someone who has a disability or degenerative disease. Low cost alternatives for strength and reaching issues of aging were the primary focus of this book.. "Quality of Life Enhancing Improvements for At-Home Joy!" according to Donald Mitchell. This book clearly deserves more than five stars for the very high benefit to cost ratio involved in the suggested solutions.Most disabled or elderly people would prefer to be in their own home. At home care is expensive, and most people do not have long-term care insurance. (Although, if you can afford it, this is a good investment at around age 65.) Most people bought or rented their homes to raise a family in, or to live as a fully-functioning adult. As soon as one becomes more frail, or even slightly disabled, these homes present ma. Little things mean a lot This book is a distillation of the author's background in disability advocacy, her career in assistive technology design and extension at a major university, and her personal experience as caregiver for two frail elderly parents. Written in a clear, down to earth style, the book is crammed with practical ideas for simple and inexpensive modifications for homes and items in daily use by elderly and disabled people. On each page I found myself wondering: "Why didn't I think of that?"You needn't have an O.T. degree to know whether a proje