Perhaps try a pull down bed rail or bed rope ladder so he has something to pull himself over with?
Alex London UK On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Neal Luther <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello everyone and Happy New Year! > Has anyone ever had success in teaching a quadriplegic pt. to be able to > independently reposition into sidelying in bed? My pt. has great bicep > and deltoid strength. Little to no triceps. Thanks for any help. > > Neal C. Luther,OTR/L > Advanced Home Care, Burlington Office > 1-336-538-1194, xt 6672 > [email protected] > > Home Care is our Business...Caring is our Specialty > <<Neal Luther.vcf>> > > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > The information contained in this electronic document from Advanced Home > Care is privileged and confidential information intended for the sole use of > [email protected]. If the reader of this communication is not the intended > recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the > person listed above and discard the original. > -- > Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > -- Alexandra Lejeune Occupational Therapist www.hpccheck.org -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
