Maddak Redware Tableware Set

Maddak Redware Tableware Set Features

• Maddak Redware Tableware Set is designed for those who have trouble gripping a standard fork or spoon
• Basic set includes:
  - Scooper dish with non-skid base (6.75" x 8" x 2.5")
  - Drinking cup
  - Built-Up fork and spoon
• Deluxe set incudes:
  - Partitioned scoop dish with lid (12.75" x 12" x 2")
  - Inner lip plate (13" x 12" x 1.25")
  - Drinking Cup
  - Built-up fork and spoon
• Inner lip plate (Deluxe):
  - Adaptive plate enables children, the elderly and people with limited muscle control or the use of only one arm to independently feed themselves
  - Promotes dignity and independent living by allowing individuals who would normally have difficulty with self feeding to do so
  - Plate features an inside lip that keeps food from sliding off the plate and helps in pushing food onto the utensil
  - Dishwasher, autoclave and microwave safe
• Note: This item cannot be returned or exchanged due to hygienic reasons

More Information

• Why red?
  -Almost 40% of Alzheimers patients experience significant weight loss. A study out of Boston University suggests that the weight loss is due in part to the loss of the ability to distinguish contrast between colors.
  - People with Alzheimers are not able to distinguish light colored food and drink on or in typically light colored tableware. When using tableware that offered a high contrast to the food and drink (i.e. bright red), researchers noticed that the participants in the study increased their food intake by 24% and liquid intake by 84%:
  - 40% of Alzheimers patients experience significant weight loss
  - More than 60% of people with Alzheimers Disease have a decrease in visual capacity
  - Up to 50% of the fluctuations in the ability of someone with Alzheimers Disease to perform activities of daily living can be attributed to deficits in visual capacity
  - Research indicates that people with Alzheimers Disease experienced a 24% increase in food intake and 84% increase in liquid intake when eating and drinking with tableware that offers a high contrast color
  - The human eye has more receptors in the retina to see red than to see any other color
  - Alzheimers patients show greater deficits in their ability to see colors in the blue-violet range