Introduction

In 2017, I witnessed my Grandmother struggling to place her key into her lock, as she entered her block of flats, and through her front door. She was 87 years of age, lived a happy and healthy life, and up until this point probably hadn’t thought twice about completing this ‘everyday task’. Not wishing to give up without a fight, I’d wait patiently as she’d try to locate the right key, gain a grip and then head to the lock trying to locate its entry point.

I stood patiently on a number of visits, and as I saw the process degrading, I decided to embark upon a mission to try and help, so as not to override the process, and ultimately render her helpless and unable to enter her own home.

Existing Solutions

I experimented with a number of solutions widely available on the market, key turners, key holders, and the like but none of these helped. In-fact they only made matters worse.

My experience with key turners is that, you add all your other keys onto the device, and it simply adds weight and makes it even harder to turn the keys around. This proved very difficult for my grandmother.

I also found that whilst the key turner was meant to help in turning the lock, it wasn’t overly helpful in guiding the key into the lock, and this presented a further challenge.

The Lockaid

So in the summer of 2017, I continued to look for a solution and stumbled across the Lockaid, which you can purchase on this website. I didn’t design the Lockaid, but I found it solved the requirements of A) guiding the key into the lock B) giving a good handle to hold onto, allowing for better dexterity and grip when turning the key.

By no means do I advocate, its the perfect solution, but I do believe it really helps. In the video below you can see how the Lockaid is able to help guide the key really well, unfortunately in this instance, my grandmother didn’t have the strength to actually turn the key.

A new solution…

Over the past 3 years, I have been selling Lockaid to people around the world. I have been helping families, who have witnessed what I did with my grandmother, and friends helping people in need. I have been contacted by various agencies and organisations from around the world, all wishing to see if the Lockaid can help people in need. In turn this has inspired me to start working on an improved solution, and an enhanced key turner and guide.

Sadly my Grandmother passed at the age of 90, in 2019, and therefore this project, to help those that suffer from putting the key into the lock is dedicated to her.