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There are also techniques for dressing if you have limited strength in your hands, limited shoulder movement or paralysis. An occupational therapist can assess your needs and help you to find a way to manage and overcome any clothing or dressing difficulties you may be experiencing.Opening up the side seams to about waist level can also help prevent a jacket from bunching and creasing. The toes of the foot are placed into the open end of the sock and the ribbons pulled to pull the sock up the lower leg. Equipment and techniques for dressing and undressing can also be utilised to enable ease and independence in self-care. The different chest and bust sizes along with the fully adjustable straps will ensure a perfect fit.

As many have a hook on the alternative end, they can also be used for reaching items of clothing, such as pants and trousers. A frail, older person who is otherwise able-bodied, or any person who is only temporarily disabled, would not qualify.Catheter bags are commonly secured to the side of the leg at calf height for ease of access, though some people choose to wear them higher up the leg. You can use a dressing stick to bring clothes around your shoulders, push clothes off your shoulders, pull up zips (using the small hook end), tighten shoelaces, pull up trousers or straps or push off socks. You, a friend or family member may be able to make the alterations, or a local dressmaker or dry cleaner may be able to do the alterations for you.

These dressing techniques can be demonstrated by an occupational therapist, who can do an assessment with you and show you appropriate dressing techniques to suit your abilities. Button hooks usually need a lot of practice to use effectively, especially if you have the use of one hand only. There is also a range of items designed for wheelchair users such as long waterproof macs and ponchos and zipped sitting bags to keep your legs warm and protected from wet or windy weather.Shirts, trousers, bras and skirts are available ready made with these types of fastenings, or it is possible to adapt your own clothing. The feet are put through the frame and leg holes of pants and the underwear pulled up to the knees from where they can be reached by hand. If you experience incontinence and wear pads, you will need clothing which is discrete, which keeps pads in place and allows you to change pads easily when required.