Monday, July 13, 2015

Creative ADL Substitutes

I know sometimes being in an ADC without much equipment can be challenging, and simulating ADLs can also be difficult.

I thought we could share some of our creative substitutions for ADL tasks. I have two that I often use:

1) Theraband as pants: I tie my theraband so it makes a large circle to simulate the waist band of pants. Then I have the patients step into it and pull them up.

2) Stepping over stacked cones to simulate tub transfers. (Often more helpful if you have a grab bar/railing as well)

Any other interesting suggestions?

1 comment:

  1. Those are great ideas Portia. Thanks for sharing.

    One I use for dyn stand balance is tying a water bottle to a gait belt for clients to kick in place or moving.

    For UB dressing with difficulty reaching I'll clip clothes pins in a sequence for pts to reach for to simulate donn/doff a shirt.

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