Washing up

I am getting worse at washing up because my left hand has problems with gripping etc. Is there something been designed that could help me with this. Can't afford a dish washer. I am really getting frustrated with this.

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Permalink Reply by David Jarrold on September 6, 2011 at 20:18

Hi Carole

Is part of the problem cups, plates, etc. Sliding round the bowl? Not sure if this would help but we have rubber mats at the bottom of our drawers that stop things sliding around in the draw. Would this be useful at the bottom of the bowl to stop things sliding about so you can wash one handed?

I'll keep an eye out for any other solutions. It's the naidex independent living exhibition in Glasgow next week so I'll look and ask there as well.

Best regards

David

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Permalink Reply by Carole Collin on September 7, 2011 at 13:47

Thank you David. The rubber mats could be useful but anything could help.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Jane McLean on October 1, 2011 at 19:28

Hi, Carole,

I have been giving this problem some thought, because it is one of these difficult ones. I see David asked the question about what gave you most difficulty, and i don't see an answer. so I'm going to assume it's the slippery small things.

These are my ideas:

1. I wondered if you put a draining rack in the sink to hold your plates while you washed them, if that would assist? You can get some quite small racks in different designs- and it might even be worth trying an outdoor shop - sometimes you find the most useful things in the most peculiar places!

2. I don't know if you think that this would do any good or not, but if it is a question of gripping, I was wondering if you could get the non slip material made into a glove or mitt? It could simply be a question of covering a normal pair of washing up gloves with this and it would add that extra dimension.

Hope that gives you some ideas.....

Kind regards,

Linda

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Permalink Reply by Carole Collin on October 2, 2011 at 14:16

Linda

Thank you for the tips for washing up. The problem i have is with gripping as my left hand does not work very well and can not grip so your second idea sounds interesting. Maybe if a glove could be made from this material would be useful.

Carole

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Permalink Reply by Linda Jane McLean on October 2, 2011 at 14:24

Thanks for getting back to me Carol,

I had realised that if you were going to use the first idea, you would probably need to use a brush rather than a cloth, and I didn't explain that very well.