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Caregiver Training: Occupational Therapy

Home safety

Learn to create a safe home environment for your loved one by removing hazards and making simple modifications in different parts of your home.

  • Home Safety Advice

Hygiene and Oral Care

Learn practical hygiene, bathing, and oral care techniques to maintain comfort, prevent complications, and support overall well-being.

  • Shower Tips for Caregivers
  • Tooth Brushing Tips for Caregivers

Assisted Dressing & Undressing

Learn safe techniques to assist your loved one with dressing and undressing for button shirt, t-shirt and pants in seated or lying positions.

  • Assisted Dressing and Undressing (videos)

Arm Sling / Collar & Cuff

Learn to assist your loved one to put on and take off the arm sling and collar & cuff to ensure comfort and a proper fit.

  • Putting On and Taking Off Arm Sling and Collar & Cuff (videos)

 

Bed Mobility

Learn safe techniques to assist your loved one with repositioning and movement on the bed for daily activities, comfort and to prevent pressure injuries.

  • Bed Mobility (videos)

 

Ambulation

Explore methods to support safe walking and mobility with or without assistive devices.

  • Assisting Your Loved One in Functional Mobility: A Guide for Caregivers
  • Ambulation (videos)

Therapeutic Activity

Explore meaningful activities that support daily function, engagement, and cognitive stimulation for individuals with breathlessness or dementia.

  • Functional Training to Better Carry Out ADLs for Individuals with Shortness of Breath
  • Sensory Stimulation for Persons with Dementia
  • Neurological Rehabilitation

Wheelchair Management and Transfer

Learn safe wheelchair handling techniques for navigating kerbs, slopes, gaps, humps, and going up and down the bus, ensuring caregiver confidence and care recipient safety during mobility.

  • Caregiver Advice When Using the Wheelchair
  • Folding and Unfolding a Wheelchair (video)
  • Wheelchair Transfer: Bed and Car (videos)
  • Navigating Kerbs (videos)
  • Going Up and Down a Ramp (videos)
  • Getting On and Off a Bus (Video)
  • Moving Across a Gap (Video)
  • Moving Up and Down a Slope (Video)
  • Moving Over a Hump (Video)

Commode

Learn safe commode use and transfer techniques to support hygiene, comfort, and stability for toileting activities at home.

  • Moving a Commode Over a Step-over Kerb (2-man) (video)

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