Reeve Foundation's partnership with Craig Hospital yields helpful series of how-to videos

The Reeve Foundation has partnered with Craig Hospital to introduce a new health video series called Adaptive Tools for Independence, highlighting functional tools and adaptive equipment available to assist individuals living with paralysis or limited hand functions to gain more independence in their day to day activities. Daily tasks such as cooking, bowel and bladder care are included in the first set of videos in the series.

Other tasks like housekeeping, dressing, hair, and makeup will be available in the next installment. These videos aim to show how all these tasks can become much easier and be done with little or no assistance. Most of the tools featured in the videos are available online or can be crafted at home.

The first four videos available are:
Cooking Tools:  This video shows two people with cervical spinal cord injuries preparing a complex meal using adaptive tools, along with regular kitchen items to make cooking possible. 

Bowel Management Tools: Bowel care is very personal! This video highlights how an individual with a spinal cord injury at the C7 level uses adaptive equipment to perform their own bowel care. The equipment shown and used in the video can either be purchased online or with the assistance of an occupational therapist.

Bladder Tools for Women: Managing your bladder is important for health and daily independence. In this video, women with limited hand function show how they are able to gain independence with bladder management and feminine hygiene.  You will view adaptive tools as well as household items that an individual can use in their bladder care routine. 

Bladder Tools for Men: This video shows how men with cervical level spinal cord injuries can manage their personal bladder needs.