Dressing hook for opening and closing zippers

High quadriplegics can use this dressing hook with customized jeans to drain the urine bag without assistance

Description
Rounded wood rod with a hook on one end is used to open the zipper on customized jeans, in order to reach the urine bag see associated tip.

Manufacturer
Swereco

Purchased from
Suppliers such as Swereco, www.swereco.se/?___store=en&___from_store=se (last checked April 2011)

Idea
Ida Lindhé, occupational therapist

Paid for by
Local government

Tip is dated from 2005

Categories for this tip
self care » dressing, toileting, Tips and tricks from people with High tetraplegia with partly function in arms/hands (C5-6, ASIA A, B).

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