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Father’s Day Adaptive Essentials

Showing appreciation for the father figure in your life gets more and more important as you grow older. As we age, we begin to realize the important of family bonds and maintaining ties with our parents, grandparents and elderly love ones. Father’s Day is one day in a year when this appreciation can truly be shown which is why we encourage you all to gift your father something he will find purpose in. Something like an adaptive t-shirt or adaptive pants that makes life just a little easier and shows that you care about their well being.

 

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Adaptive Clothing for Father's Day

Adaptive Clothing makes a great fathers day present because it is a product which has been specifically designed to make the life of your senior father or grandfather simpler. Lifestyle Adaptive features a men’s line of adaptive clothing with styles that are refreshed seasonally. Within our men’s collection, you can shop adaptive men’s tops, adaptive men’s pants, and adaptive men’s undershirts and nightshirts; we also have a variety of adaptive footwear and various comfort products.

Some of our hand-picked Father’s Day adaptive clothing gift ideas:

Out of these hand-picked selections, let us know which ones worked best for the father figure in your life by sharing your expeirence through social media. Tag Lifestyle_Adaptive in your next Instagram or Facebook post featuring our products for a chance to win a pair of snoozies. 

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive. 

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Signs to Look for to Determine if Your Parent Needs Adaptive Clothing

As parents and elderly loved ones get older its important to stay vigilant of their challenges and struggles to ensure they can have a comfortable lifestyle. Keeping ones eyes and ears open to distress and conversation associated with dressing difficulties can aid in finding a solution. The solution to dressing difficulties is adaptive clothing because of this garments ability to bring comfort back into putting clothes on in the morning or evening.

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Adaptive Clothing for a parent

Perhaps you’ve asked yourself, how do I know if its time to recommend adaptive clothing to my parents? The answer to this question is to understand your parents struggles and listen to their concerns. If it is clear that your loved one is struggling with dressing in the mornings or evenings, or has expressed feeling pain when dressing then its an appropriate time to suggest adaptive clothing. 

When suggesting adaptive clothing to a loved one, make sure you are mindful of how you bring up the conversation. Adaptive clothing can be a sensitive topic to some even though it is a major benefit to an individuals way of life. Present the conversation in a way that outlines the benefits of the garments and how they are specifically designed to resolve dressing challenges. Mention how adaptive clothing does not limit ones ability to be fashionable, it just permits it in a way that encourages a pain-free dressing experience. We recommend introducing adaptive clothing to your parents even if they may not need it yet, it is an option that may help them in the future and its important to spread awareness about these specialized products.  

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive. 

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Elderly Clothing Choices That Make Life Easier

As life goes on, tasks as simple as getting dressed can be challenging and for the elderly this may be a daily struggle. Adaptive clothing exists to get rid of challenges associated with dressing for both individuals and caregivers. For Elderly who struggle with limited mobility, adaptive clothing can make life easier and can take the pain and dread out of getting dressed in the morning or before bed. Consider investing in a few adaptive garments to see how they suit your lifestyle and if it will benefit you long term. 

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Elderly Clothing Choices

There comes a time where dressing becomes a daily struggle, if this is becoming apparent in your life – or a loved ones life – consider trying adaptive clothing. Adaptive clothing is specifically designed to benefit those who struggle with dressing on a daily basis. 

Women’s adaptive open back tops make dressing easier as the need to lift ones arms is no longer needed. These garments have snap closures to secure the garment discreetly giving the illusion of a regular top, when in actuality the top is adaptive. The same goes with Men’s and Women’s adaptive pants that can be found through the Lifestyle Adaptive shop portal. 

Make smart, functional clothing choices that benefit you, your body and your personal comfort. Adaptive clothing is the preferred choice by many elderly individuals worldwide because of the unique design and purpose of these products. Lifestyle Adaptive garments are the right choice for elderly individuals because it permits fashion freedom to individuals who are often limited in clothing choice. 

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive and adaptive clothing. 

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The Benefits of Adaptive Nightwear

Adaptive nightwear is a clothing product that helps the patient feel more comfortable and also helps the care giver oversee the individual during their stay and/or entirely. 

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Adaptive Nightwear

There are numerous benefits to adaptive nightwear for patients and individuals who would gain from their functionality. Adaptive nightwear permits easy mobility and access to a patient while providing comfort and dignity. Instead of using hospital gowns or other unfitted garments, care givers and loves ones may recommend adaptive night gowns to allow a patient to be comfortable. The Fleece nightwear sets are warmer than the others which may be the route for your patient if they continuously mentioning being cold. 

Adaptive clothing makes it easier for individuals and patients to put on and take off clothing. Whether this be done by the individual themselves or by the caregiver, the adaptive closures and velcro make it simpler entirely. It also limits the pain of dressing for individuals with mobility issues or who are bedridden. Adaptive night wear can be used independently or codependently by the patient or individuals depending on their condition and needs. These products are designed to suite the needs of any individual who requires them, this is why its important to make adaptive clothing known to the larger community as it educates those unaware of its functionality.

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive. 

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What to look for when shopping for adaptive clothing

There are a lot of things to consider when 

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Happiness

So, how can adaptive clothing promote happiness in individuals with limited mobility or seniors? Well, adaptive clothing once didn’t exist, and even now many individuals are left unaware of our existing community. Seniors and individuals with limited mobility needed to wear hospital gowns and other undignifiying garments instead of clothing. Adaptive clothing promotes happiness because it allows style to still be an option for individuals who were forgotten about by the fashion industry. Style is subjective for each individual and its not guaranteed that each individual will want to incorporate style into their wardrobe, but its nice to have an option. After all, that is what this is all about!

At Lifestyle Adaptive, we take responsibility to  advocate for individuals who are often left voiceless in fashion. We want to ensure that all individuals – no matter of physicality – can dress and feel good in what they are wearing. Gone are the days of hospital gowns, all people  have the ultimate right to feel good in what they wear and have a choice for style. 

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive. 

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How adaptive clothing has the ability to promote happiness

How does adaptive clothing promote happiness

For years, there wasn’t a lot of options for stylish clothing for individuals with mobility concerns. This is an ongoing trouble that Lifestyle Adaptive is working hard on eliminating. We want to ensure that individuals with mobility concerns have a voice and can make stylish choices in their apparel. Lifestyle Adaptive strives to ensure that adaptive clothing promotes happiness in individuals. 

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Happiness

So, how can adaptive clothing promote happiness in individuals with limited mobility or seniors? Well, adaptive clothing once didn’t exist, and even now many individuals are left unaware of our existing community. Seniors and individuals with limited mobility needed to wear hospital gowns and other undignifiying garments instead of clothing. Adaptive clothing promotes happiness because it allows style to still be an option for individuals who were forgotten about by the fashion industry. Style is subjective for each individual and its not guaranteed that each individual will want to incorporate style into their wardrobe, but its nice to have an option. After all, that is what this is all about!

At Lifestyle Adaptive, we take responsibility to  advocate for individuals who are often left voiceless in fashion. We want to ensure that all individuals – no matter of physicality – can dress and feel good in what they are wearing. Gone are the days of hospital gowns, all people  have the ultimate right to feel good in what they wear and have a choice for style. 

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive. 

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How Adaptive Footwear can benefit Caregivers

How adaptive footwear benefits caregivers

Adaptive Footwear is specially designed for individuals with limited mobility in there legs and feet. Specifically, this product is intended for those who suffer from swelling in their legs, ankles and feet. Adaptive footwear is a non-compression, breathable wide-fitting shoe or sandal that makes putting shoes on and taking them off easier. Caregivers dramatically benefit from these products as it allows them to put on shoes without their patients feeling any pain. 

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How Caregivers Benefit

At Lifestyle we sell a wide variety of products that could benefit caregivers and self-sufficient individuals with limited mobility in their legs. Find wide fitting sandals, wide fitting shoes, snoozies and diabetic friendly socks in the footwear section of the website. Caregivers must be able to accommodate their patients at any given time for their injuries and immobility. 

Caregivers benefit from adaptive footwear because it makes tasks that would take upwards of 15 minutes only a few seconds. Footwear that is specifically designed for this demographic of individuals benefits their personal livelihood and their possible caregivers. 

We recommend adaptive clothing and footwear products to all those who suffer from immobility and stiffness in their limbs because it truly does help. It makes the daily tasks of living easier and more manageable for all parties involved. 

Hopefully some of these helpful tips have supported you through this challenging time. For more interesting reads check out the Lifestyle Adaptive community blog section, featuring stories and tips about all things adaptive.