Let’s face it with the rising cost of food, almost everyone eats at home these days. For individuals with impairments whom want or need to prepare meals on their own, it’s crucial any mobility kitchen design is as accessible as it can be.
You’ll discover a wide variety of methods to achieve this and to accomplish it with style, creativity and beauty, whilst not turning your kitchen into a stark, practical and uninspiring clinical space.
Much like most things, when it comes to do with accessibility in the home there’s more than one way of accomplishing ideas and it really is crucial to customise adaptations to the unique requirements of the individuals who will make use of the kitchen.
That said, there are a few general leading guidelines and secrets which you can use as more overall pointers to make your kitchen space much easier for less able users.
Mobility Kitchen Design Can Be Sophisticated
A natural part of the complexity with rendering the kitchen accessible is that need to think about the people will be using it the most. Versatility is essential to avoid circumstances where you can ‘over-adapt’ and produce something that’s tailored for disabled users but in reality causes it to be more difficult for able-bodied people.
One remedy is to develop the kitchen with counters at varying levels. With a few higher surfaces and others dropped for a wheelchair user. Better yet, you can purchase “rise and fall” counters that can be lowered and raised as the user requires.
Designing a mobility kitchen is about placing things that are typically unreachable, into easy reach. Installing pull-out drawers instead of cupboards is a great example, simply because this brings your objects to you as opposed to needing to stretch and feel about at the rear of a cupboard.
So if you’re considering a mobility kitchen for your home or for a relative, give Affect Ability a call today on 0800 799 9975 and chat to one of our friendly team about your options. We’ll be happy to come out for a free no obligation consultation.