Training Task Using Plastic Bottle Caps

USER

People with cognitive impairment (attention deficit, reduced spatial awareness or judgment, dementia) People with reduced upper limb and hand function

WHAT

A task of putting plastic bottle caps into openings. The openings, made with a 3D printer, come in two shapes, round and square, and the square one can be set to any angle.

A paper with a number is stuck on each cap, and the cap is inserted according to the number on the hole, so it can be used by clients with reduced upper limb and hand function as well as reduced cognitive function.

It is good to have the user take part in the process of collecting caps and sticking on numbers. Set it up so that caps with larger numbers must go into the higher holes. For people who cannot reach the upper holes because of upper limb function, treat the number on the cap as points and prompt them with, "How many points shall we earn today?" It also works well to decide the number of caps by, for example, filling a tray (a plastic strawberry container), watch roughly how long it takes to put them all in, and give feedback such as "You finished faster than last time!" We deliberately do not check whether the numbers go into the correct spots.

Accessories

The box into which the printed pieces are inserted is a triangular cardboard box. Holes were cut with a compass cutter, and the printed pieces were inserted and fixed with glue.