We each have different problems (and to different degrees) so what works for
someone else MAY not work for you, but...

The first thing I would suggest is don't fill the pot all of the way (or get a
smaller pot). My father has Parkinson's, and when we go to a restaurant, I tell
the waitress not to fill his cup more than two-thirds of the way. You can also
use an oven mitt so you can grab the side of the pot with the other hand.

While wrist supports will probably help some, try to "by-pass" the weakness of
the wrist.
With grabbers, see if you can firmly attach a longer bar that extends past grip
so you can brace it under your forearm (put the grip in the middle). That way
you take some of the strain off the muscles which control the wrist.

If you use a long pole to pick something up, try to brace the end under your
arm-pit, like a knight with a lance (can you imagine tilting with wheel-
chairs?)

Mostly, you're just trying to move the strain off the weak part to some place
stronger or to mechanics to get an advantage, like using a strap wrench for
opening jars (go to a good hardware store and ask the salesman to explain the
strap wrenches plumbers use for large pipes which they don't want to scratch or
which car mechanics use for oil filters).

Good luck and take care,
Norman

I assume you're referring to an electric drip coffee pot. If you have a
standard-sized pot (10-12 cups), you may want to see if a thermal carafe
is available to replace the more normal glass carafe. With one of those,
you would be able to use both hands to lift a full pot. (And, depending
on the model, it might be unbreakable, which takes away part of the fear
of dropping it.) You might also consider buying a smaller pot (you can
always make a second pot of coffee, if you want it!). My father has a
4-cup Cuisinart that makes quite good coffee.

I have one of those Bodum coffee press pot thingees. They have them for
one cup, 4 cups, etc. Get one that you can handle the weight of. I have
the same problem and that's what I have switched to. I also have a Bodum
electric water kettle as it is lighter, boils the water and has auto
shut-off and works for me.

Carole

Who remembers the name of the catalog I posted last year?
I'll search through the pile of references here and try to locate it.

1)  I have a sock-aide to pull socks on.
2)  A longgggg-handled shoe horn.
3)  A podiatrist to cut my toe nails, covered by Medicare because
    I can't bend to reach my feet.
4)  A chauffeur, aka Mary my wife, to drive because I had to stop
   getting behind the wheel in 1996.  (In exchange, I do the cooking
   at home.)
5)  A total hip replacement in 2000 because the old one was worn
   out, hurting, and wouldn't let me sleep at nights.  I suspect I'll
   soon have the other replaced.  It's beginning to send signals and
   I'm not going to let it go as long as I did with the first.

... Firemen are proud of their hoses.

Dental floss on a plastic pick.  WalMart has 75 for $2.

Well yes and no. But more yes than no.
The ones you can buy yourself are made by Smith and Nephew now called
Rolyan and Sammons Preston carries them. Let me find a link. Well rats,
they don't seem to have it anymore. It was called a Rolyan d-ring wrist
brace.  I loved it cause it had this knitted insert which allow you to
slip it on like a sleeve and then adjust the d-rings to hold it tight.
The kind you buy in the drug store are impossible to put on one handed
when you have hands that hurt anyway. I will poke around and see if I
find them somewhere else.
Duckie

Okay -- here are a few for that brace.  Mine are beige btw and I take an xsm
Duckie

http://www.orthoplex.com/ortho-catalog/smith-nephew/wrist/workhard-wr-brace.htm

http://www.orthoplex.com/ortho-catalog/wrist/index.htm

Here is one for the UK
http://www.westons.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_D_Brace_Wrist_Brace_5252.html