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**UPDATE: After some use we've refined the design some more and it now works even better! I'll post a short 'how to' video soon.**
Doing simple things that many able-bodied people take for granted can be a source of anxiety and depression for the elderly or disabled.
My elderly Aunt has tried a number of devices to help her do the simple act of putting socks on and off but hasn't found anything that worked well or was affordable so she asked me to design something for her. I didn't realise she was struggling so much. I suggest you consider asking this question as you also might be unaware of someone you care about struggling like this too.
So I took a few ideas and combined them and made some improvements and ended up with the 'Sock Helper'.
My printer is down waiting for repair parts to arrive but I hope to print it later this week and put up a short video of how to use it. Very simply, while seated you load a sock from the top and slide it down and then place it on the
Doing simple things that many able-bodied people take for granted can be a source of anxiety and depression for the elderly or disabled.
My elderly Aunt has tried a number of devices to help her do the simple act of putting socks on and off but hasn't found anything that worked well or was affordable so she asked me to design something for her. I didn't realise she was struggling so much. I suggest you consider asking this question as you also might be unaware of someone you care about struggling like this too.
So I took a few ideas and combined them and made some improvements and ended up with the 'Sock Helper'.
My printer is down waiting for repair parts to arrive but I hope to print it later this week and put up a short video of how to use it. Very simply, while seated you load a sock from the top and slide it down and then place it on the
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