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Cutting vegetables and preparing a meal, holding cutlery and eating lunch, drinking without spilling and keeping work surfaces tidy, Identités offers a range of technical aids to help users regain their independence. Discover our plates with raised rims, weighted and ergonomic cutlery, glasses with wide handles, non-slip placemats, opening aids, kitchen cleaning products and all our meal preparation aids.

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Understanding what ergonomic tableware is

Ergonomic plates with raised rims or compartments, specially adapted or circular knives, rubber cutlery, hollow spoons : there is a wide range of utensils available for seniors. Some are designed for adults with disabilities, including a variety of cutlery that is easier to grip.

Ergonomic tableware allows users to eat without assistance or only at specific times, for example when preparing food, setting the table or clearing up. However, it is often possible to eat without assistance if the tableware is suitable for the user's needs.

The benefits of ergonomic tableware for seniors

Various items of ergonomic tableware for older people enable them to eat independently or with increased independence. This has a significant impact on several risks associated with age-related disorders. One of the most common is malnutrition.

While malnutrition has many causes, one of them is difficulty in handling cutlery, holding it, seeing food, lifting food from the plate to the mouth, etc. Combined with a loss of appetite or loneliness, these problems can easily lead to malnutrition.

Ergonomic cutlery for older people is one of the main solutions for maintaining nutritional health. At Identités, we offer a wide range of utensils for seniors, plates, cups, glasses, and bed tables for bedridden people.

Problems associated with meal assistance equipment for elderly people

Ergonomic tableware for people with disabilities is used by seniors in their homes and in nursing homes. In addition to making mealtimes easier, the occupational therapists who design this equipment take safety issues into account. This is why many kitchen accessories and adapted tableware are non-slip, rounded, shock-resistant, burn-proof and unbreakable.

The disorders are numerous, complex and sometimes an elderly person suffers from several of them. These include tremors, a symptom of Parkinson's disease among other possible causes, the inability to use both hands and grip disorders. Utensils for people with disabilities do not require twisting the wrist (curved forks and spoons). Others, such as the cochoir knife, allow food to be cut with one hand.

We should also mention swallowing disorders, which are addressed, for example, by ergonomic cups and glasses with a cut-out for the nose, visual impairments with certain types of ergonomic plates, loss of tactile sensitivity, lack of coordination of movements and other problems generally associated with cognitive disorders.

Identités allows users to find other practical aids for seniors' daily living, such as the weekly pill dispenser.

Choosing ergonomic cutlery for elderly users

Often, disability-friendly tableware requires less effort or makes certain movements that would otherwise be painful easier to perform. But there are also items that allow users to eat with dignity, such as ergonomic plates with raised rims to prevent food from falling off.

The tableware is suitable for one or more disabilities. It is almost always dishwasher safe, unless certain parts need to be removed, and is often microwave safe. It is important to check whether knives, spoons and forks are designed for right-handed or left-handed users.