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Posts Tagged ‘Hilfsmittel’
Quadriplegic Workshop IV
星期四, 三月 6th, 2014Technical Aids Tips and Tricks L
星期二, 一月 21st, 2014Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXXIII
星期三, 十二月 11th, 2013It doesn’t always have to be the big reconstructions in your home like e.g. bathroom or stairlift… (see older blogposts).
Often you “just” need to drill a single hole at the right place to make life easier for a wheelchair user.
Because I never had a video-surveillance-security system at my apartment door I used a virtually maintenance-free, analogue peephole when I was pedestrian.
With its fitting height of 145 cm this is now only usable for me in connection with my standing chair, some ignorant mates call it standing wheelchair.
Because I order a few or many parts in the internet and like to look into the eyes of the courier drivers before I open the door I have drilled a 14 mm hole in my door in individually adjusted hobbit height with the active support of a friend.
A highest price Conrad Elektronik peephole order no. 75 01 63 for the full price of 6,39 € was then screwed in from both sides.
The analogue NSA hobbit peephole
serves its purpose 100%.
The angular field is surprisingly good, you can see the face of the “ringer” even above a size of 1,40 m when he is there… !!!
You don’t have to identify the courier drivers by the size of the parts they bring 
Read the blogpost about a handle on my kitchen door. I have mounted such a handle on my entrance door as well to close the door easier from the outside (see older blogpost).
Now I only need a band-aid to hide the peephole in granny style
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Wheelchair Tuning Part XXXII
星期四, 十一月 28th, 2013For me a dirty and squeaking wheelchair is an absolute NOGO…ehhh… NODRIVE…!!!
Even shoes are every now and then cleaned and injected with impregnation.
A wheelchair may also look nicely (see older blogpost).
Quite often the small plastic parts on the frame e.g. on the joint of a foldable wheelchair are the squeaking originators which are stressing my nerves a little.
Inject all moving parts with silicone spray*…!!!
Attention: If possible use silicone spray only outside, because if the silicone film gets on e.g. laminate this becomes so smooth that the next pedestrian can fall badly. Also use a mask over mouth and nose!!!! (see additional security advice below)
For wheelchair maintenance I recommend to clean the wheelchair beforehand with common cleaning agents. This may also happen more often than only before Christmas and Easter. At the same time you should also put oil or grease on the axes (see older blogpost).
Stainless steel cleanser is due to its lubricants not recommendable for footrest and hand rims, unless you would like to go downhill without braking the wheelchair.
Tips for hand rim covers click here
If the wheelchair is a bit more dirty only the car wash will help…
It is not my wheelchair which you can see on the picture above, but its brother, last shower about 2 years ago. If you have a closer look, the wheelchair is not dirty, but has a protective coat
I got stuck in the mud once in Austria with my wheelchair… to see the blogpost click here
But seriously, the guys from the car wash almost all have a steam blaster!!!
Security advice*:
Allegedly silicone vapours can accumulate in the lung. As a precaution you should use a mask or at least put a tissue on mouth and nose.
With a clean and de-squeaked wheelchair you can even go again to the opera 
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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks II (Blogpost 2009)
星期五, 十月 25th, 2013The transport of items of all kind is horror for us wheelers, especially if they are round!
Thighs are completely unsuitable for carrying pomaceous fruit.
The high art of German engineering has brought it to light after years of research:
the plum transport box for wheelers
The resemblance with an egg carton is misleading!
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Rehacare 2013
星期日, 九月 29th, 2013Back from the “Rehacare2013″
(Rehability Fair) in Düsseldorf, there is a lot to report, new blogposts in process
2nd Test drive after 1 year
“The Genny”, Wheelchair Segway
Ingenious: A cooling vest and Cap which only needs water!
星期六, 七月 27th, 2013Due to the rather tropical outside temperatures I would like to call your attention like every year to two older blogposts!
One is about a
Cooling Vest
(click here)
and the other one about a
Cooling Cap
(click here)
Since the summer 2013 has found us as well I have the prototype of a cooling shirt, also from the company E-cooline in permanent test mode, and I am happy.
Read the comments to the blogposts, there are some tips of other readers!!!
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Handicap Parking Part III
星期四, 六月 27th, 2013对不起，此内容只适用于Deutsch。
Rollator Part II
星期日, 五月 26th, 2013On Friday I was at the discount supermarket with the big L and looked at the offers for the coming week.
You should have taken a picture of my face, I am still a bit speechless!!!
As far as I remember we have in Germany doctors, health insurances and medical supply stores who take care about the patients supply of medical devices, and not the supermarkets…
Why does a discount supermarket suddenly sell rollators???
Did I miss something???
I am missing a medical device number in the flyer.
Who will adjust the rollator to the user, and what about maintenance, repair and liability???
Please post a comment…
Do I have to buy my next wheelchair at IKEA and screw it together myself out of two Billy shelves?
Photo Source Lidl
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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXX
星期六, 三月 16th, 2013During my last stay in the wheelchair hotel Mar y Sol in Tenerife (see older blogposts) I wanted to do some physical training when I met the Scotswoman Mary.
On her wheelchair two aluminium tubes were fixed with hose clamps which made me a bit curious.
Even I didn’t know what to do with this construction!!!
On my enquiry it turned out that you put those sticks into the tubes with which you push the rocks at wheelchair Curling. Curling is a very common sport in Scotland. If the term Curling doesn’t mean anything to some of you, it is a sport similar to ice stock sport, but Olympic.
When she took out a black bandage glove which looked a little as if she wanted to enter the boxing ring with me for twelve rounds instead of spreading the ping-pong balls broadly in the gym she started to scare me.
With this special velcro tape glove type Hand Grip she is holding the stick at wheelchair curling with which the rock is pushed, a ping-pong or badminton racket or hockey stick tight in her hand. This is working excellently even though she is quadriplegic like me and has very limited finger functions.
You can use the glove especially well for working out with weights, or supposedly for playing with the “Wii”.
Maybe I should start with a 500 gram weight first, but I do everything for a good shot
The glove is from the English company active hands, who are specialised in gripping aids for handicapped (as well for kids).
I have ordered such a glove in England. It was delivered within a week. The price is quite high with 65 €, but justified.
When you order the glove online beware that the check mark is set for “left glove”. But you can put the left glove on the right hand without problems
The English have always been a little “twisted”, this is probably because the genetic pool of the islanders is exhausted
Now I can finally hold a little hammer when I urgently need to consult my piggy bank.
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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXVIII
星期五, 一月 18th, 2013The medically proven positive effect of hop blossom ice tea, or disdainfully just called beer, is generally known.
“Cold wheat soup” dope
is extensively carried out, especially in Bavaria with state recognition.
If you are not able to remove the crown cap of the medicine bottle any more due to the paralysis of your hands, illness, stroke or too much doping, there is only one thing to help, the
One-arm-hop-blossom-ice-tea-bottle-opener
Source of supply of this ingenious aid without medical device number is amongst others
the company www.Mehal.de
I have already reported about their knife holder (see older blogpost).
Here is a link to other helpful special openers:
2. self-developed technical aid, my medicine bottle opener
Security advice: Too much doping can influence the driving characteristics of your wheelchair substantially.
Special thanks to Technical Aids Stuntman Ochim, who immediately volunteered to test the opener with video evidence.
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Winter Special 2012
星期五, 十一月 30th, 2012Here is a collection of links with tips and odd stories around the subject winter.
Sorry, but not all blogposts referred to are translated yet!!! More to follow…
Wheelblades, wheelchairski
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=9362&lang=en translated!
FreeWheel
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=15468&lang=en translated!
Put salt next to the car before snow falls…!!!
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=15740
Reflectors and Illumination
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=5699&lang=en translated!
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4162&lang=en translated!
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=882&lang=en translated!
Moutainbike Winter Tyres
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=1311&lang=en translated!
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4829&lang=en translated!
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=2068&lang=en translated!
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4759&lang=en translated!
Wheelchair auxiliary snow chains
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4928&lang=en translated!
Running direction of “Schwalbe” tyres
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=2271&lang=en translated!
Wheelchair tyre cleaning carpet
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=1328&lang=en translated!
Wheelchair tyre slippers
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=3298&lang=en translated!
Christmas Tree remote control
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4397&lang=en translated!
Special wheelchair for removing snow
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4239&lang=en translated!
Story referring to the picture
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4582
Miscellaneous
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=750
http://www.eigude.de/blog/?p=4636
If you have good ideas, as usual e-mail to rollinator@eigude.de
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