Comments on: What everyday tasks do elderly people find difficult?

By: ronnie

ronnie — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:51:36 +0000

wish i could give all of you the power to do all you desire. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!

By: Sheldon Mcdonough

Sheldon Mcdonough — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:59:23 +0000

How about inventing something to cure the sheer frustration of not being able to do some things?The body not being able to keep up with the brain.Looking at something you want to do and bursting into tears of frustration because you can`t do it and don`t want to bother anyone else to do it.Doing up buttons,hooks and laces(and no I don`t want to wear those awful velcro do up ones!)Opening items that are vacuum packed in plastic that seems to be welded to the backing card.Getting to the back of the fridge,cleaning behind the toilet,corners,stairs etc;changing the bed linen,opening `child`(and me!) proof`containers(I have to get a child to open mine!)Not being able to stand for long and then not being able to sit for long.Taking washing out of the machine.having to go slowly up and down stairs and steps.All minor things compared to the annoyance of not being able to do them.

By: Alfredo Harries

Alfredo Harries — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:27:58 +0000

All basic domestic chores seem to have gotten significantly more difficult to do as my body can’t bend as much, doing repeated motions like sweeping and vacuuming and mopping aggravates my hip joints to the point I have to take a pain killer and lie down a bit. Anything that entails bending like scrubbing the bathtub (that glass door makes it all the more difficult), cleaning the oven. Getting the cobwebs off the ceiling. Having to make 3 or more trips up and down the stairs to take out the trash and recycling.

By: Blake Collings

Blake Collings — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:50:04 +0000

Opening anything in plastic packaging, ie. cheese, chips.
Cans with pull back tabs, ie. soup, meat.
Opening plastic 2 liter bottles, milk jug, and jars.

I bought my friend a jar opener at Wal-Mart last year but they don’t carry the item this year. I believe it was battery operated. I keep scissors in the kitchen to open plastic packaging.

By: Krystal Hallam

Krystal Hallam — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:11:14 +0000

Getting up before noon is a biggy

By: Rigoberto 54

Rigoberto 54 — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:46:57 +0000

Opening jars, bottles and tins. Also putting shoes on and tying laces.

By: Yareli Keane

Yareli Keane — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:46:28 +0000

I’m as fit as a fiddle, however, I do find opening jars to be somewhat difficult.

By: Oliver Earl

Oliver Earl — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:22:27 +0000

I am 65 and can still do most things without difficulty. I have a friend with arthritis in her hands and she finds it difficult turning her house key when unlocking the front door.

By: Devyn Barker

Devyn Barker — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:46:28 +0000

hearing conversations,unscrewing jars is one and opening tins. Getting up and down steps or in and out of the bath. but not all of them. some are more flexible than a 20 year old.

By: IrelandW

IrelandW — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:05:35 +0000

I’m not sure what you mean by ‘elderly’. I have great difficulty finding my vacuum cleaner.
I can cope with my computer and my temperamental printer. I’ve tamed my mobile phone, the washing machine and dishwasher know better than to argue with me, but I have difficulties with the vacuum cleaner and the duster. They just don’t speak my language!
I’m 64.