How Adaptive Clothing Functions

How Open Back Clothing Functions
Sleepwear/Blouses/Shirts/Cardigans/Dresses

1. The individual remains in seated or prone position.
2. Caregiver slides arms through sleeve openings from a forward position.
3. Garment is pulled up the arms to the shoulder.
4. Caregiver wraps or tucks the garment around the back of the individual and secures it with dome closures on shoulders.
5. If individual is in a prone position, a rolling motion is needed to secure the garment at the back.

How Open Back Clothing Functions
Pants/Capris

1. The individual remains in seated or prone position.
2. Caregiver slides pant leg over the foot.
3. Garment is pulled up the leg to the top of the thigh.
4. Caregiver extends the dignity flaps around the individual and secures the garment with the dome closure on waistband.
5. If individual is in a prone position, a rolling motion is needed to secure the garment at the back.