When conversing and observing my mother, it highlighted a major issue she faces along with many other disabled individuals. When travelling around in and outside of the home she tends to have to balance her crutches on surfaces in order for them to stand up right and balance. However, on many occasions they often fall down. Due to her poor balance she struggles to pick them off the ground. Therefore I am going to come up with a solution that holds them up.
When travelling up and down the stairs my mum has to balance her crutches against the railings and banisters, whilst climbing up or down the stairs. she leaves the crutch against the rails and they tend to fall down.
My mother tries to solve her problems, creating her own solutions such as, using other adaptations to solve other problem, shown in this image. She uses her grab bars to hook and support her crutches whilst climbing the stairs outside.
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