Personal care

Hygiene

• Soap dispensers in public bathrooms are often empty and waste hand energy. Carry disposable handwipes, and soapless hand cleanser
• Using an electric toothbrush may help, but be aware they do vibrate
• You can buy toothpaste from a pump dispenser, this may be easier than squeezing a tube
• Invest in good quality nail clippers, or try punch clippers

Clothing

• Buy easy-to-wear clothing
• Buy skirts and pants with elastic waists
• Dress in layers so you don’t have to manage very heavy garments
• Use knee-high stockings, or buy devices to help put on socks and pantyhose, and buy a shoe-horn
• Avoid zippers and troublesome buttons (you can buy button fasteners in specialty catalogues), or use a coat hanger or hook to pull the zip up
• Instead of difficult laces buy slip-on shoes or shoes with Velcro or elastic fastenings
• Try stretch laces that you don’t have to do up
• Buy cardigans or loose jumpers
• Stretch knitted fabrics are easy to wash and put on, and often don’t need ironing
• Hang your clothes after each wear, to reduce ironing
• Putting clothes in the dryer reduces the need for ironing
• After washing your clothes, hang them on coat hangers, or on a clothes horse to reduce ironing. Steam from the shower also decreases the need to iron clothes

Haircare

• Unscrew the top of the shampoo bottle so you don’t have to squeeze it
• Hang your head down and don’t raise your arms when brushing or blow drying your hair
• Use a lightweight hair dryer
• Support your arm on a surface (for example your bed) whilst brushing or drying your hair
• Use a wide-tooth comb for knots and tidying your hair
• Cut your hair shorter
• Perms can be easy-care hair styles, however, brushing your hair does provide a massage for your scalp, and can ease headaches
• Buy a hair towel, these absorb more water than normal towels

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