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Home Healthcare Therapy Must Haves
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items Essential tools that I use on the daily or keep in my car during home health visits with clients.
This is an adaptive tool to help individuals put on their socks. Great to keep in the car for patient and caregiver training.
Sock & Stocking Aids: Health & Household
Important tool to have handy to assist clients with transfers in addition to helping with patient and caregiver training. This gate belt will help with clients up to 300 pounds and has multiple handles to assist with the transfers.
Vive Gait Belt 300lbs Transfer Belt with Handles
Longer styled shoehorn to assist clients with putting on their shoes. Helps, especially if the individual cannot bend or has range of motion limitations.
Long Handled Shoe Horn
Stretchy shoelaces that can be tied once so that a client can put on and takeoff their shoes without having to tie their laces. This is especially helpful with the use of a long handled shoehorn as well.
Products – The Original Stretchlace
Mobility tool to help reduce the risk of falling for individuals that have balance impairments or limitations. Can be folded and stored in your car easily even if it’s a smaller vehicle.
Drive Medical 2-Button Folding Walker with Wheels
Assessment tool used to determine range of motion measurements
EMI 12” 360° ISOM Goniometer - Therapy
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Sturdy and durable repositioning incontinence pad that has multiple handles for on each side that can assist with clients in the bed and a recliner chair on the couch. You’re not limited to where you can use this device. Can’t be used or heavier indi...
Improvia Positioning Bed Pad 34x52 with 8 Handles
Nonslip somewhat sticky material that comes pre-cut or on a roll. Extremely handy with improving grip strength, reducing the risk of falls when placed on the floor or underneath wheelchair cushions. Easily cleaned and has a long lifespan.
Dycem Non Slip
Small compact, helpful tool to help improve range of motion, limitations, strength, and upper extremity endurance has a hook that will fit over most standard doors
Shoulder Pulley for Physical Therapy Rehab
Very handy, they can be cut two different sizes and placed over sharp or dangerous areas to reduce injury. They can be placed on bed rails and on wheelchairs.
Pool Noodles
I prefer ankle weights over dumbbells as they can easily be applied to someone’s arms while some individuals cannot use standard dumbbells due to grasping limitations
Ankle weights
Keep it handy to clean as you never know what a clients home will look like or if they’ll have soap
Hand Sanitizer
Great to have a couple different strengths on hand to work on grip strength, fine motor and gross motor coordination
CanDo TheraPutty Standard Hand Exercise Putty
Extremely helpful to keep your car trunk organized with your therapy supplies. Helps keep everything where you know where it’s supposed to be.
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Great to keep handy for drying your hands, but more importantly to act as a barrier between your supplies and the clients home
Paper Towels
Helpful to stay away from fast food and have a somewhat healthy meal each day
Lunch Warmers For Cars
Keep hydrated on the road and bring your favorite beverage with you from home
Insulated, Stainless Steel Tumblers
Great water additive helps to keep hydrated while on the road (and actually tastes good). There is also a sugar-free version as well.
DripDrop
AWESOME phone mount for within the car that I received a few weeks back. Stays up on the windshield or on the dash with vacuum suction. Your phone can be turned 360° allowing for easy GPS use and positioning for virtual meetings while in the car.
Veltrix Pro 360° Foldable Phone Mount
The more ports the better! I find that I’m constantly charging my cell phone, my iPad for work and usually one other device at the same time while working. This makes it convenient to charge everything at one time.
USB C Car Charger 3-Port 67W PD Adapter
I always make sure to carry one or two reachers in my car so that way I can train clients on how to use them within their home
RMS Featherweight The Original Reacher 2-Pack
I LOVE THIS STOOL! I've had 2 over the past 4 or 5 years and they are really comfortable with the padding and easily portable. I usually will sit on this instead of a client's chair OR use it to hold my bag.
Wooden Folding Massage Stool (Black)
Your *Necessary* go to bag from home health supplies. Has your clean section/dirty section and all the pockets to hold supplies.
Hopkins Home Health Waterproof Shoulder Bag
Big fan of this style bag for home health. It holds my ipad/notepad/pens/charger and cords as well. I can keep this on me while working with clients without it getting in the way.
MOSISO Sling Backpack with USB Port & Pocket
These are great to carry around. No telling which clients may need them and having elastic shoelaces is a great way to help assist with preventing falls.
Products – The Original Stretchlace