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Having difficulty putting on or taking off your pants, socks, and shoes? Perhaps you have back pain or recently had a surgery. Using long handled adaptive equipment can make your life easier. Adaptive equipment are devices that are used to assist with completing activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and feeding.
Steps
Use the dressing stick to help push your shoes off of your feet. The dressing stick has two hooks on one end. Use the hook pointing down, slip it in the heel of your shoe, and push! Off goes your shoe!
Use the dressing stick to help push your socks off of your feet. In a similar manner used to take off your shoes, place the hook in the heel of your sock, and push! Voila!
Push your pants down your hips as far as you are able. Use the dressing stick to help push each pant leg off your legs.
To dress, pick up your sock using the reacher.
Place your sock on the sock aid. Pull the sock all the way up the sock aid, so the end of the sock is flush with the end of the sock aid. Be sure not to pull it any higher than the handles.- Toss the sock aid to the floor, holding onto the handles.
- Slip your toes into the sock aid, point your toes, and pull up! On goes the sock! If the sock is not as high as you'd like, use the reacher to pull the sock higher.
Use the dressing stick to help thread each leg into your pants. Use the hooks to draw the pants up until you are able to reach with your own hands. Stand, and pull your pants up.
Use the long handled shoehorn to hold up the back of your shoe as you slip your foot in.- If the tongue of the shoe slid down, use the reacher to pull it up.
Now you're dressed and ready for the dayAdvertisement
Expert Q&A
Tips
- Adaptive equipment are often used by occupational therapists to teach their clients to adapt their way of living. Occupational therapy is the use of everyday life activities for the purpose of participation in roles in the home, school, workplace, and community.Thanks
Warnings
- If you have had any surgery, including a hip, knee, or back surgery, please consult your physician before using adaptive equipment.Thanks
Things You'll Need
- Reacher
- Dressing stick
- Sock aid
- Long-handled shoehorn
- These items can be found at most medical supply companies and local pharmacies.
References
- American Occupational Therapy Association. (2008). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process (2nd ed.). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62, 625-683.
- Gardner, H. (2010). Biography of Howard Gardner. Retrieved April 14, 2014 from https://www.howardgardner.com/about
- Wielandt, T., & Strong, J. (2000). Compliance with prescribed adaptive equipment: A literature review. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, 65-75
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