Items To Help Seniors

Not necessarily prescription meds or vitamin supplements, but those surely can help, I'm talking about items that physically help us.
Examples:
Granny Cart for bringing groceries into house or apartment from vehicle. We bought a fold-up one and, when we remember to take it, use it. Some things are too heavy to put in it, like a full case of water, 18-pack of beer, etc., but for other things, quite useful.
Two-Wheeler for bringing in a case, or cases, of water among other things it can be used for.

Now we are looking at the Turbo Scrubber or Hurricane Spin Scrubber. Same specifications, same reviews, different companies. It's portable and runs off of rechargeable batteries. Comes with three different scrubbing brushes and rotates 300 times per minute. The reviews state that it's great for Seniors that have some arthritis in their hands/fingers. I know we can't clean something rotating a hand 300 times in a minute. It lists for $39 at stores and could definitely be a hand "physical saver" for those that have periods of low strength in their hands.

What do you think? Always looking for something to make cleaning easier for wife and I.

 

I still drag my groceries in without help...if it's a case of water, I'll break it down in the trunk and make a few trips.

It's not far from the garage to the kitchen.

Also, even though it might be more expensive I usually buy water by the 6 pack...just easier for me to deal with.

 

I do have those things you put under heavy furniture to make them slide.

Also a light bulb remover stick.

 

Gift cards for restaurants and pizza places...so we Seniors don't have to cook all the time. That the items I like for Senors!

And I'm happy to say that at this time I can still carry my own cases of water and do unless my Honey is home to carry them for me.

I don't want any gadgets at this stage that don't let me use my own strength to clean, etc. because if you don't use that strength especially as you get older...you will lose it.

 

We live in an "A" Frame house with 2 bedrooms and an ensuite upstairs..
We had a chair lift installed as my wife has a bad ankle and I had both hips replaced..
without this chair lift, it would be very difficult for both her and myself to go up and especially down stairs..

 

We're a bit more modern in Arkansas than you Californians. We have water piped from our well right into the house!

 

Ha Ha! @Sheldon Scott With all the "poisons" they add to our city water now days I drink bottled water which has no real guarantees of being poision free but I'm more confident in. Cooking, washing, showering (which I have a filter on) all comes from water out of our faucet.

@Steve North thanks for your post it reminded me of a "modern gadget" I might get one day and that is one of those "Life Alert" systems that Seniors can wear around their necks, on their wrist, or even just have as an intercom in their homes to let "Medics" know if that Senior has "fallen or can't get up", etc. while they are at home alone.

@Cody Fousnaugh this is a good thread you started. There are some real helpful things out there for Seniors now days...and since we all are at different levels in our health, etc. many of us have different needs for those helpful things at this time. Hearing about the other things we might need some day is a help too. When I am at the grocery store loading my cases of water in my cart if there is a stocker around he or she always asks if they can help me with this but I tell them no...that lifting those cases keeps my arms strong for picking up and holding my grandbabies. And it does.

 

When Yvonne was having such a difficult time a few years ago, I built a ramp and a small landing covering the steps in front of our house. Granted, I added to that to include a fairly large porch, the ramp has proven invaluable even though my wife is quickly progressing via her exercise program.
No more looking for the steps when we're loading stuff in or out or frozen over hip killers during an icy winter morning.

Plus, our old Yorkiepoo, Chipper likes the front ramp far more than the back steps.
Personally, I like it enough to start building one later this month on the back step system and yes, complete with a nice landing and raised access to the pool.

Nope, it's not a modern gadget, but if ya install solar and laser lighting like ours, it's modern.

 

You're a good man @Bobby Cole and a very loving husband to @Yvonne Smith. You two are blessed indeed.

 

This is fine (in red), but when it hurts to much to scrub/clean with a brush, a portable/battery operated, rotating aid can save that hurt.

 

I can carry a case of water also but I don't want to hurt my back and be laid up for a few days so I'm careful when lifting since my back is my only problem so far...I'm extra cautious.

 

Because of my previous rotator cuff surgeries, on each shoulder, wife won't let me pick up a case of water at the store and put into the shopping cart...........she does it. Then, when it comes to bringing the case/cases in our apartment, she gets the 2-wheeler and brings them in.

Thing is, I'm not totally out-of-the-woods when it comes to lifting. If we have to take our batteries out of our boat, for winter, I have to unhook and lift them out. There is no way she'd be able to do that. But, we do have the 2-wheeler with us to take the batteries to our vehicle and vehicle to apt. for charging. Of course, I have to put the batteries back in the boat as well.

BTW, we are getting the Turbo Spin Scrubber as an Anniversary gift to us.

 

Ha ha, I was drinking tap water but recently there were concerns with the quality of our water...people on my neighborhood app were posting about having it tested and some came back very high for lead, so I started buying bottled.

My water might be fine and I'm not worried but bottled water isn't going to make a difference in my finances.

 

The demo pretty much sold us on the Spin Scrubber from QVC, but after using it today, it's not what it's all cracked up to be. Because the brush bristles are thin soft plastic ones, the brush won't clean that ground-in soap scum on the shower door that much, like the demo shows it will. Of course, soap scum with hard water is going to be pretty hard to clean off anyway. The demo keeps talking mentioning about "no bending over", obviously for the benefit of Seniors, but, when using a cleaning solution, a person has to bend over to wipe the solution up..........like on the bottom of a toilet.

Now, it did use it to clean both of our bathroom sinks and it done a great job, but for any really "dug in dirt", this thing won't do it.

Still think it's worth buying, but there still nothing like "good old hand scrubbing" for that deep dug-in grime. Unfortunately, neither of us have much of that "good old hand scrubbing" power in our hands or arms anymore.