The AARP has a little booklet, "Tools and Gadgets for Independent Living",
which is available from them-- AARP, 601 E. Street NW, Washington, DC
20049
www.aarp.org/programs/connect
There is lotsof helpful contact info for special situations , which I can't
include here.
Here are some of the entries useful to PWPs and CGs
CATALOGS FOR Activities of Daily Living RESOURCES:
SEARS,ROEBUCK & CO.
PO box 804203 Chicago, IL 60680-4203
http://www.sears.com/specat/homecat.htm#HOME
A home health care catalog with a comprehensive assortment of
health care products
JCPenney
POBox 2021 Milwaukee,WI 53201
800-222-6161 (voice)
http:/?www.jcpenney.com
publishes FOR YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS, catalog featuring health care
items, exercise equipment, beds, bath aids,
easy-dressing fashions for men and women
Maddak, Inc.
6 Industrial Rd, Pequannock,NJ 07440
973-628-7600 (voice)
973-305-0841 (fax)
http://www.maddak.com
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manufactures products for independent living, has ABLEWARE catalog
MOMS (Mail Order Medical Supply)
24700 Avenue Rockefeller Valencia,CA 91355
800-232-7443 (voice)
http://www.momsup.com
catalog with many items for daily living
Health-Center.com
http://www/healthguide.com/
website offering information about eating utensils,dressing aids,
wheelchairs, canes, walkers---click on Senior Center, then on Personal Care
and Mobility
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
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on the web at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm
and also at http://www.geocities.com/camillahf/index.html
"Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! "
And visit the CARE webring at
http://www.crosswinds.net/~caregivers/index.html
