After one of Abbie Sladick's clients made a remark that she would rather slip and fall than have her friends know she had a traditional grab bar in her shower, Sladick began looking for more stylish alternatives. After an unsuccessful search, she came up with Great Grabz.
Putting the microwave over the stove is a potential hazard for children, who may try and climb on the stove to reach it, and could be inaccessible for those in a wheelchair says Abbie Sladick, owner of Remodel Resources, which focuses on changing a house's interior to make it safer and more accessible for those who may need assistance.
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Abbie Sladick’s Great Grabz shower bars grip hard to the wall to prevent dangerous slips in the bath. It’s one of many such innovations she has come up with for aging in place.
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Abbie Sladick, owner of Remodel Resources, aims to make homes safer and more handicapped accessible when renovating a home. This may include adding lipless showers and stylish grab bars, removing thresholds between rooms, moving the microwave away from the stove, and lowering sinks and making faucets easier to turn, among other things.
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After one of Abbie Sladick's clients made a remark that she would rather slip and fall than have her friends know she had a traditional grab bar in her shower, Sladick began looking for more stylish alternatives. After an unsuccessful search, she came up with Great Grabz, which are decorative grab bars that are installed around toilets and in showers and can easily be disguised as towel racks
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After one of Abbie Sladick's clients made a remark that she would rather slip and fall than have her friends know she had a traditional grab bar in her shower, Sladick began looking for more stylish alternatives. After an unsuccessful search, she came up with Great Grabz, which are decorative grab bars that can easily be disguised as towel racks.
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Abbie Sladick, owner of Remodel Resources and inventor of Great Grabz, stands in her kitchen showroom on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Sladick remodels homes to make them safer and more handicapped accessible for aging clients who are concerned about style and safety for both them and their families. Sladick's invention, Great Grabz, are decorative grab bars that are installed in showers and near toilets, and can easily be disguised as towel racks.
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