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For wheelchairers, how do you pull up pants after toileting?

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:32 pm
by LeenieSD
After toileting, how do you pull up your underwear and pants (by yourself) if you can't stand long enough or have sufficient balance to stand unsupported? Is there a piece of equipment you use to help, such as a standing pole or a toilet bench that allows you to lean side to side to scoot up your pants? I'm having a heck of a time figuring this out. Thanks for your help!

Re: For wheelchairers, how do you pull up pants after toilet

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:25 pm
by NHE
LeenieSD wrote:After toileting, how do you pull up your underwear and pants (by yourself) if you can't stand long enough or have sufficient balance to stand unsupported? Is there a piece of equipment you use to help, such as a standing pole or a toilet bench that allows you to lean side to side to scoot up your pants? I'm having a heck of a time figuring this out. Thanks for your help!
Would toilet safety rails help?

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Re: For wheelchairers, how do you pull up pants after toilet

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:04 pm
by Music
I am lucky enough to have help with this now. My hubby pulls me up to a horizontal bar as I can still weight bear a little or my caregiver and I do the "lean to and fro" dance on the w/c and toilet. Stretchyyyy pants and underpants help also. My caregiver says the medical stores that sell clothing have some sort of special pants for this type of thing.

Take care.