adaptations to improve participation in meaningful activities
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Adaptations to Improve Participation in Meaningful
Activities
Win – Win
Survivors learn – Students learn
Students teach – Survivors teach
Need 1 to go on for Basketball
Roles & Success
Cognitive
Sensory & Motor
Mood & social
Physical
CulturalSocio-economic
Tasks
Person Environment
Medication Management
Simple Strategies/Modifications to make medication management easier:
• Consider using a daily alarm on a smart phone.
• Try visual cues, such as a chart.
• Ask for enlarged font on pill bottles.
• Integrating medications into your daily routine.
• Use a pill box or automatic pill dispenser to organize medication.
(Sanders & Van Oss, 2013) Rose and Beth
• Use a timer
• Find easy and short recipes
• Tag Item and cabinets in the kitchen
• Place reminders around the kitchen to turn off appliances
• Make grocery lists and how to prepare them
• Find food with limited preparation needed (pre-cut veggies)
• Use adaptive equipment (rocker knife, one handed can opener) and dycem/non-skid surfaces to help stabilize objects when using one handed techniques
Cooking
Mary, Tori and
Shannonhttp://www.braininj
uryguide.org/recip
es/mealideas.html
Pet Care
Kyle & Emily (Banks, Willoughby, & Banks, 2008)
Robot Dogs
(Banks, Willoughby, & Banks,
2008)
Modifications
Benefits
Considerations
Gardening and Lawn Care
By Rachelle King and Briana O’Neill
Garden Seats
Ergonomic Tools
Perennials
Raised Beds Wagenfeld, A., &
Buresh, B. (2012).
Ergonomic gardening:
Teaching safe
movement patterns.
Working with people with TBI: Toolkit B –promoting independencehttp://www.tbistafftraining.info/ToolkitB/S14/S14.0.html
Grocery Shopping
Emily & Kellie
Modifications: Preparation is key!1) Develop a menu plan
2) Develop a shopping list• Fruit
• Vegetables
• Dairy
• Meat
• Frozen item
• Toiletries
• Cleaning supplies
3) Shopping
• Location & time of day
• Transportation
• Location of items
• Store layout
• Cash, credit, check
Oatmeal
Chicken
Fingers
Tomato
Soup
Exercise
Other modifications: Exercise with less people around, have workout buddy, start slow & gradually progress, take frequent
breaks, utilize calendar & workout videos, & use bright tape on equipment for visual
awareness.
Be careful! Avoid exercises that
overload joints & increase risk of
falling, wear protective head
gear if cycling, use proper body
mechanics & wider base of support.
Stage 1:Swimming, walking, elliptical,
cycling
Stage 2:Resistance machine circuit,
yoga, spinning
Stage 3:Zumba, aerobics, boot camps,
personal training
Stage 4:CrossFit, kettlebell training,
lifting, plyometrics
Stage 5:Personal training with little to no restrictions on intensity
Rachel & Stephanie(Brainline, 2014; Medscape, 2010; Waryasz & Tambone, 2013)
Making a change
• Decide something that you want to change
• Consider your skills & limitations
• Consider the environment
• Consider the task
• Plan for success
Survivor’s input:
• What else have you used that was successful?
• What did NOT work for you and why?
• What should we tell future clients who have had a stroke?
Please Help the Students!
• Range of motion of shoulder/elbow/wrist
• Assess muscle tone
• Survey of your daily routine activities
• General arm/hand coordination skills
• Pain
Thank YOU!
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