Different dressing aids
Інструкція
In this topic you will learn more about the dressing aids included on TAP.
Reach and grab tool
Reach and grab tools:
- Help a person to reach for and pick up clothes, socks or shoes
- Can be used to pull on trousers, shorts, or skirts.
Reach and grab tools have a:
- Grasping claw at one end to pick up and hold clothes and shoes
- Pole to make it easier to reach
- Trigger handle to work the grasping claw.
Some reach and grab tools have different lengths of pole, to suit people of different heights.
The trigger handle may be difficult to use for people with weakness or pain in their fingers or hands.
Палиця для одягання
Dressing sticks can:
- Help a person to pull clothes on and off the upper and lower body
- Be used for reaching clothes, such as unhooking them off a hanger or hook
- Pull zips open and closed.
Dressing sticks have a:
- C shaped hook at one end. This may be used to pull zips open or closed.
- S shaped hook at the other end. This can be used to unhook clothes hanging up. It can also be used to hook and move clothes.
Гачок для гудзиків і застібок
Button hook and zip pullers can be used to:
- Do up and undo buttons
- Pull zips open and closed.
Button hook and zip pullers have a:
- Diamond shaped hook at one end to pull buttons through holes
- C shaped hook at the other end to pull zips.
Допоміжний засіб для одягання шкарпеток
Sock aids help a person to pull socks or stockings on over feet.
This dressing aid is easier to use with two hands.
Sock aids have a piece of flexible, shaped plastic with two cords attached to the ends.
Long handle shoe horn
Long handle shoe horns help a person get their foot into or out of shoes.
Long handle shoe horns have a long handle to reach down to the back of the shoe while sitting or standing.
Trying different dressing aids
Вправа
- Collect the different dressing aids you have access to.
- While sitting down, try using each of the dressing aids.
Examples include:
1. Reach and grab a piece of clothing on a shelf or table with one hand using the reach and grab tool.
2. Pull on a shirt or a pair of trousers with one hand using a dressing stick.
3. Fasten a zip using the c shaped hook on a dressing stick. Compare to using the zip puller on a button hook and zip puller.
4. Do up and undo a button with one hand using the button hook.
5. Using two hands, pull a sock on over your foot using a sock aid.
6. Get your foot in and out of a shoe using a long handle shoe horn.
Рефлексія
- How did you find using the different dressing aids?
- Were some easier to use than others?
Discuss with your colleagues.
Using more than one dressing aid
A person may benefit from more than one dressing aid. This depends on the types of difficulties they have with getting dressed or undressed.
Запитання
Познайомтеся з Еджаз
Ejaz is a fit 24 year old. She has a spinal cord injury and cannot move her legs.
Ejaz lives alone and usually dresses without assistance.
Ejaz has injured her shoulder. She is having difficulty with the physical skills of getting dressed and undressed, including:
- Reaching for her clothes
- Pulling clothes on and off her injured shoulder.
Which dressing aids may assist Ejaz?
Select and click to check answers.
Правильно!
A reach and grab tool may assist Ejaz to reach for and pick up her clothes and shoes.
Правильно!
A dressing stick may assist Ejaz to pull clothes on and off her injured shoulder.
Incorrect.
Ejaz has not described difficulty doing up and undoing fasteners such as buttons and zips. It is important to ask Ejaz if she has any difficulty with fasteners.
Incorrect.
Ejaz has not described difficulty putting on her socks. It is important to ask Ejaz if she has any difficulty with putting on her socks.