Adaptive clothing

[Beckey]

Is PD interfering with wearing -- and getting in and out of -- your usual and preferred clothing? To what extent? And what kinds of solutions have you discovered?

My nemesis these days is teeny tiny buttons!

[pandaeyes1]

There are some companies that make magnetic buttons that you can replace with the small buttons (silverts.com/parkinsons-clo.... You can insert these yourselves, though i think you’d have to do a bit of searching on amazon. Magnets aren’t compatible with cardiac pacemakers, though.

[Beckey in reply to pandaeyes1]

Ooh! That sounds downright dangerous.

[pandaeyes1 in reply to Beckey]

Dangerous?

[Beckey in reply to pandaeyes1]

Sure, if you have a pacemaker, I should think.

[pandaeyes1 in reply to Beckey]

Oh well yeah. Might check with cardiologist before going for it. But otherwise it’s pretty handy

[park_bear]

Buttons etc. are an ongoing lesson in patience.

[Beckey in reply to park_bear]

Ain't that the truth!

[S70AWD in reply to Beckey]

Do you have the little tool for doing buttons?

[mblongdon in reply to S70AWD]

I get the medical uniforms with the snaps. I haven't found short sleeved ones so today I cut the sleeves on one and rolled them up. You can get new ones ut I get them at the thrift store, Now if I could find easy to pull on pants that fit decently!

[Kevin51]

My O/H has lace-up trainers that also have a discrete zip and I would really like some (with zips not with the gold glitter!).

[DianeF]

Earrings are my current enemy . I know I could go to clip ons was but I’m not there yet.

[Redginger]

Absolutely! This is one of the big problems for my husband. He no longer changes into night wear due to the difficulty, he just sleeps in his day wear. Also I buy his pullover shirts a little larger and he no longer has any button up shirts. All his shirts have V neck for comfort. Most days he wears pull on activewear pants.