Adaptive Utensils Review 1Adaptive Utensils Review 1
This will be a four part Review Of Adaptive Utensils. In each Blog we will review one of what we have selected as 4 top adaptive utensils. We searched the [...]
Independence Tastes Good!
This will be a four part Review Of Adaptive Utensils. In each Blog we will review one of what we have selected as 4 top adaptive utensils. We searched the [...]
In part two of How To Use Eating Utensils we will discuss adapting the person’s existing utensil to make self feeding easier. How about not a full built up handle [...]
How to use eating utensils. Sounds easy! But for someone with weakness, pain, limited mobility or coordination problems it might not be so easy! This is why adaptive eating aids [...]
As we saw in part one, when evaluating adaptive eating sensory deficits should be cosidered. In part two we will discuss the Cerebellum, It was recently quantified that the Cerebellum [...]
Blog: Blog: Adaptive Eating Ability: Sensory Deficits This will be a two part topic. In this blog I will provide an overview of how the sensory system works and in [...]
Blog: Adaptive Eating Aids: Built Up Utensils In this blog I will discuss the movement and muscle requirements of using a spoon. I will also describe some of the differences [...]
Although I am an Occupational Therapist I learned a lot on this topic from the references I am listing below. In learning more about individuals who require assistance with feeding [...]
Blog: What My Wife Uses For Adaptive Eating Equipment: My wife Lynn had a stroke when she was in her twenties. She has hemiplegia which results in left leg weakness [...]
Weighted Utensils: Are they effective? Weighted utensils are “Branded” in the minds of Occupational Therapists as an effective intervention for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological conditions resulting in tremors [...]
Blog: Stable Slide Self Feeding Aid: Origin Story My name is Norm “Gus” Gustafson. I am an Occupational Therapist. In 1998 I was working in Home Health and received a [...]