Lightweight and easy to use. The plastic trough can be bent as necessary to fit any size sock or stocking. Indentations hold the sock securely, after the sock is pulled up. The long cotton straps can be adjusted as required by cutting or knotting. This sock aid will help the service user because when people are overwieght, or have painful joints, they would use this sock aid by putting the sock onto the sock aids then the service user would put their toes into the sock and use the string to pull the socks up onto their feet.
The Zipper Pullers come in a pack of 12 in colours yellow, orange, green, blue, red and black. They make zippers easy to open and close and are easy to attach. They are ideal for bags, backpacks, windbreakers etc and can also be used as replacements for sport and travel bags.
Features
Make zippers easy to open
Great for those with limited strength in their hands
Making a drink has never been easier - by placing this gadget on the side of your cup it will let you know when the water has reached the top of it by an audible beep. also it help for blind people becuase they can’t see so when they touch the drink it tell when it alirady fill up, i think it useful
Features
Device detects two different levels of liquid; an intermittent tone
Indicates cup is nearly full; continuous tone indicates it is full
A stocking aid which will apply support hosiery quickly and evenly. Grooves catch the compression stocking and prevent it from popping off. Works like a traditional sock aid - just pull the stocking over the shell, insert the foot and pull the cord to bring the hose up onto the leg. Suitable for Class 1 and 2 stockings. Recommended for below knee stockings but may still be suitable for some above knee models.
In this task, I was the care worker who had to look after a service user which was an old lady who had mobility problems and profoundly deaf. To care for this person correctly it is very important for the care worker to know how to use sign language when communicating with a deaf people; otherwise it will create a communication a barrier.
I prefer to ask my service user what clothe does they want to wear when they are getting dressed so that they do not have feelings of hopelessness. I ask my service user if she wanted to go to bingo and she agreed I wanted to show her that I respected her view/opinions. Also I wanted to understand what old people are like, for example, are they any good with change? Are they rude or kind? Can the move around easily?
It is important to use the theory from my course and put it into practice; I felt this scenario helped with this. With all the things I have learnt I have to be sure that you can do it, because in future I might want be the care worker.
I like working in a team so that we can support each other in our work, for example, if I had to lift a service user from their bed to a chair and they were too heavy for me, I would ask another care worker to help me; and I would do the same for them
In the video you will see that one of the service users was rude, she was shouting and interrupting my work and other care workers, when I was helping another service user. I felt that it was important to tell this rude service user to calm down and wait until someone can attend to you. However, I think in the future it would be better to remove this service user from the room so that she does not upset other service users.
This video was about various mobility disasters. I think it was useful for me because it showed me what kind of mobility disasters can happen and it helped me to understandwhat can go wrong. As you can see from the video there are a lot of mistakes, for example, the care worker refused to help me up when I had been tripped over; i felt shocked, angry, upset and embarassed. i think the carer should have showed more empathy and care. instead of just watching me struggle to stand up she should have helped me get up and be more caring. she was not professional. when i was in the wheelchair i wanted to see a picture on the board, but the carer ignored me and carried on walking past it, it made me feel as if i was not important and that my feelings did not matter; instead of feeling empowered i felt demoralised, ignored, useless and angry. I think the carer should have respected my wishes so that we could have a good relationship. when a service user wanted to go through the door the carer went first and did not hold the door so that the service user could go through safely and the door slammed into her wheelchair. This was bad practice; the carer should have let the service user go first whilst the carer kept the door open and made sure the service user went through safely. There was a service user struggling to go upstairs with a zimmer frame and the carer was no where in sight. This was not good the carer should have taken the service user to a lift or use a ramp.The qualities I would want the care workers to have good respect, empathy, kind, cheerful, helpful.
Mobility aids help you walk or move from place to place if you are disabled or have an injury. They include crutches, canes, walkers, wheelchairs and motorized scooters. You may need a walker or cane if you are at risk of falling. If you need to keep your body weight off your foot, ankle or knee, you may need crutches. You may need a wheelchair or a scooter if an injury or disease has left you unable to walk.
WHEELCHAIR
A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually (by turning the wheels by the hand) or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness (physiological or physical), injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelbench
A crutch is a medical tool used in the event that one’s leg or legs may be injured or unable to support weight. and it help when person using cruches for example,
