Care fashion

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Care fashion is a term used in care for the elderly , health and sickness and specifically describes clothing for people with disabilities or in need of care under aesthetic, functional, fashionable and health-promoting aspects.

Care fashion includes clothing for patients, those in need of care and people with mobile (e.g. arthritis , paralysis ) or cognitive impairments ( Alzheimer's , dementia ), illness, disability and wheelchair dependency . It is clothing with a function ( functional clothing, adaptive clothing), which, thanks to its design and an ergonomically adapted cut, makes it easier to dress and is optimized for the person's body situation .

description

Nursing fashion is based on the patient's anamnesis and its function and conception are individually tailored to the clinical picture. For those affected with limited motor skills, for example with arthritic and rheumatic diseases, Parkinson's disease , multiple sclerosis or stroke patients , disabilities and wheelchair dependency, easy-to-use clothing is available so that they can largely dress independently. Nursing fashion also supports assisted dressing for people with little or no mobility of their own (e.g. bedridden, paralysis, coma, spasticity and tremors in later stages) or the most severe diseases with cognitive ( Alzheimer's , dementia ), mobile or motor impairments.

features

Care shirt with Velcro fasteners
  • Extended entrances for people who cannot (no longer) raise their arms, who are in wheelchairs or who are bedridden
  • Closure technology made of Velcro , zip or snap fastener to choose from for individual use and adaptation
  • no "pulling over the head" of the tops
  • the cut and processing support the patient
  • Pants have an ergonomic cut for a comfortable fit
  • When sitting or lying down, clothing must not cause pressure points ( decubitus ) or skin irritation.
  • the clothing should safely accompany movement sequences and reduce the risk of falls and injuries
  • an optimal quality that allows the clothing to be exposed to high levels of wear and tear and is uncomplicated in terms of hygiene
  • Stress-free and pain-free dressing

purpose

  • Maintaining independence when dressing ( mobilization )
  • Help and relief with assisted dressing
  • Simplified assistance with dressing and undressing (coordination of movement sequences in kinesthetics )
  • Dressing while sitting and lying down ( standard of care : changing clothes in bed), dressing and undressing hemiplegic patients
  • Maintaining skills and meeting personal needs
  • Optimization of the individual and situational clothing requirements
  • Preservation of the fashionable aspect in difficult dressing situations
  • Enabling dignified, biographically authentic clothing and improving the appearance (fashion, fashion consciousness)
  • Mobilization aid and improvement of the social integrity of the person concerned

application areas

  • organic diseases ( incontinence ) - hygiene - easy changing
  • muscular and neurological diseases (multiple sclerosis) - painless dressing
  • mental illnesses (Alzheimer's, dementia, (old age) depression) - stress-free clothing
  • Bone diseases ( fractures , contractures ) - Dressing while sitting or without physical exertion
  • chronic diseases ( arteriosclerosis , rheumatism, Parkinson's disease) - clothing with easy-to-use closures
  • Heart and circulatory diseases ( apoplexy / stroke) - dress "without pulling over your head"
  • Pain (cancer) - painless dressing
  • Amputations (wheelchair dependency) - clothing with accessible fasteners
  • Obesity (overweight) - dress while sitting and lying down

Products (selection)

Tops

Shirts, shirts, blouses, dresses, sweaters, jackets, undershirts, bras, nightwear (nursing night dresses)

  • Upper parts with Velcro or magnetic closures in the front area (instead of buttons) for arthritic fingers that are difficult to move, lack of dexterity, fine motor changes in the fingers, stiff hands and joints.
  • Tops with back and shoulder closures with full opening of the garment with and without fabric overlaps in the back area (for assisted dressing with little or no movement of the patient, wrapping technique with closures made of Velcro, press studs, tapes on the neck, on the shoulder and on the back or along the spine)
  • Upper parts with partial back opening with and without fabric overlaps in the back area (pulling over the head for easier entry (wheelchair shirts) / remaining open at the bottom for easier access and comfortable care, e.g. for incontinence (nightwear))
  • Tops with front and arm openings (dialysis, port / catheter supply)
  • Bras with front openings, press studs, hooks and Velcro (for restricted finger and hand motor skills)
  • Tops with an ergonomic cut, shorter or shaped at the back (wheelchair users)
  • Skirts with a wide opening and Velcro fastenings on the sides (if you have limited dexterity) or zippers (if you are restricted in mobility, you are wheelchair dependent)

Trousers

  • functional pants types:
  1. Velcro pants (slip pants with side Velcro fastenings for a wide entry and easier opening / closing and adjustment)
  2. Nursing pants (side openings with Velcro, press studs, zippers, zippers on the buttocks, running over the thighs or down to the ankles)
  3. Wheelchair trousers (for mobile active wheelchair users ergonomically raised back and buttocks, legs and knees, elongated trouser legs to cover the ankle areas)
  4. Wheelchair nursing pants (for immobile patients with little or no movement / heavy care for easy assisted dressing of the sitting or lying patient with back opening and access for comfortable care)
  5. Transfer pants (with side handles at hip height and waistband handles for patients with an unsteady gait pattern and risk of falling to accompany the transfer by the assistant, facilitates and secures transfer from a wheelchair to a chair)
  6. Rehabilitation pants (for patients with limited mobility, e.g. after fracture, surgery, paralysis, wheelchair dependency) with easy-to-open trouser legs and enlarged, simplified entry / exit for independent and assisted dressing
  7. Zipper trousers (with side zippers that make it easier to get in, each along the leg to partially or completely open the trouser leg)
  • Nursing pants / incontinence underwear (underwear with Velcro and snap fasteners for assisted dressing while lying down)

More clothes

  • Nursing overalls (overalls with back zip, leg zip, front and abdominal zip for the care of bedridden, as well as patients with restlessness and a problem of undressing)
  • Shoes and stockings with wide, stretchy entrances (comfortable to simplify independent or assisted dressing)
  • Footwear with uncomplicated handling (Velcro fastenings)
  • Weather clothing, wheelchair ponchos and rain capes, leg and foot warmers (for wheelchair users - outwear for active wheelchair users with additional comfort in ergonomic cut and practical details / pockets) (outwear and warming protective clothing for inactive seated and recumbent wheelchair users with easier access)

history

The word “care fashion” is a modern and young term that gives a name to precisely this clothing, which was previously described as functional or adaptive clothing for wheelchair users, patients and senior citizens - for people with handicaps and disabilities. The clothing should promote the autonomy and inclusion of these people, as well as make it easier to get dressed, also for the carers as well as for the carers. Initially, this product group had a niche function. Due to demographic changes and the increasing integration of people with short-term or long-term disabilities, clothing is becoming increasingly important as a product. The need for individualization is immense among people with health and mobility restrictions. The clothing products initially developed more functionally. But care fashion is increasingly being offered exclusively from a fashion perspective in a wide variety of designs and qualities.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mechthild Seel: The care of people, p. 628ff
  2. ↑ Ilka Köther: Being able to dress. In: Thiemes Altenpflege , p. 232ff
  3. ↑ Lucina Zimmermann: Stress factor dressing. In: GGP - specialist journal for geriatric and gerontological care , No. 2/18, p. 68
  4. ↑ Lucina Zimmermann: Care fashion. P. 22
  5. ↑ Zimmermann, p. 57
  6. ↑ Standard "Dressing and Undressing Hemiplegia Patients" . In: pqsg - Altenpflegemagazin (accessed on April 19, 2018)
  7. ↑ Barbara Messer : Daily care planning in inpatient care for the elderly. P. 158
  8. ↑ Köther, p. 232ff
  9. ↑ Mechthild Seel: The care of people, p. 628ff
  10. ↑ Zimmermann, p. 28ff
  11. ↑ Zimmermann, p. 95