Doing My Best
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2022
- Messages
- 115
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 02/2020
- Country
- US
- State
- CA
- City
- San Diego
Hi all, I am looking for suggestions for adaptive clothing or ways to modify regular clothing to make getting dressed easier on both CALS and PALS. My PALS, Steve, is nearly completely paralyzed from the neck down, and also has limited range of motion in his arms and shoulders. I got a great tip from the Current Caregivers forum from Tomswife a few months back that led me to some zip-up-the-side wheelchair pants, which are the only thing PALS wears now. I'm still struggling with shirts, though, and I thought I'd reach out for some ideas on those.
For shoes, I just discovered billyfootwear dot com, which has a wide range of mens' and women's styles that are easy to put on. I just got Steve some that look like nice quality running shoes that zip all around the top so that they can be opened and the foot placed in, then zipped up, instead of having to push the foot forward.
Still looking for the ideal shirt solution. Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive has a couple of things that are helpful but it's super expensive stuff and there aren't a lot of options.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
For shoes, I just discovered billyfootwear dot com, which has a wide range of mens' and women's styles that are easy to put on. I just got Steve some that look like nice quality running shoes that zip all around the top so that they can be opened and the foot placed in, then zipped up, instead of having to push the foot forward.
Still looking for the ideal shirt solution. Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive has a couple of things that are helpful but it's super expensive stuff and there aren't a lot of options.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.