Universal rod – use

Custom-designed rod enables persons with compromised arm/hand function to reach, retrieve and handle a number of different objects.

Dela
Dela

User picks up remote control unit equipped with a key ring.

The universal rod (se related tips) has many uses: to pick up objects (many of the user’s important objects have key rings attached), to reach and grasp objects that are in the back of a cabinet or on a table, to turn spareribs, to get magazines and paper, to wipe the floor with a towel or paper towel, to get something from the refrigerator, etc.; see also associated tips.
Sometimes when the user picks up a heavy object he first places it on a chair and then picks it up with his hand.

Users comments
Uses it for many purposes, every day, such as picking things up from the floor, a newspaper, a piece of fruit from a fruit bowl, a paper or a DVD.

How to make
Made from a piece of a fly fishing rod; must be tested individually for the user to get it to work.

Made by
User’s home services staff

Paid for by
The user

Whose idea
The user

User places remote control unit on chair using the universal pin.

User takes a paper from a shelf using the universal pin.

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Universal rod – description
A specially designed universal rod to retrieve both light and heavy objects – suitable for persons with compromised arm/hand function.

Author: Ragge

Ragge bor ihop med hustru i en villa. Han sysselsätter sig med att utveckla idéer som underlättar vardagen för honom och andra, inget betalt arbete. Han skadade sig 1973 och har en hög tetraplegi. Han har delvis armfunktion i båda armar men använder i stort sätt enbart höger armen som han kan styra bättre. Med vänster armen håller han i sig för att hålla balansen. Han har hemtjänst 27 timmar i veckan. Avliden 2016.

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