Experience What It Is Like To Be Old With The Aged Simulation Set

Are you part of the "reversed generation"?  The parents that USE to take care of you....are now in need of care?  I can understand your frustration, I went through it too.  But, what if you could experience what it's like to be their age?  How the body feels, what doesn't move so freely anymore.  Now you can with  The Aged Simulation Set.

According to Al Ridenour from Laughing Squid:

A Japanese manufacturer of training gear for medical professionals, has produced the cousin to the “fatsuit,” or “empathy belly,” a little bondage ensemble they not-so-idiomatically have dubbed “The Aged Simulation Set.” Not sure where the Bib of Shame or orange-and-green color scheme comes in, but then seniors aren’t known for their fashion sense.

The aged simulation set is a teaching material intended to demonstrate the inconveniences felt by the aged due to musculoskeletal, visual and auditory aging. This set is the most suitable for medical practice, nursing and welfare training. Inconveniences to the aged due to the changes in bones, muscles, sight and hearing can be experienced with this simulation set. This simulation set is suitable for the field of medical and welfare education.

When I was pregnant, my daughter's father tried on the "empathy belly" at prenatal classes and tried to tie his shoe.  Besides laughing hysterically, I also gained a bit of pregnancy respect.  I suspect using the Aged Simulation Set would do the same.  The next time I become frustrated with the elderly, I'm going to try to think of what they're going through and remember to cut them some slack....thanks for the insight, Al!

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