The Man from the South
The wife would have a great deal of hindrance in her occupational performance due to the loss of multiple fingers on her hand. On the hand she reached out to grab the key with, she only had one finger and a thumb still attached. If an individual is missing these phalanges they will have difficulty performing most grips and pinches altogether. A few specific occupations she would struggle with might include, cutting up vegetables or fruit. When you slice a tomato, for example, you normally use a spherical grip and stabilize the tomato with one hand and hold the knife with a power grip. Both of these actions typically involve all of the fingers and would be harder for the wife to perform. She would also not be able to do household chores such as folding laundry or washing dishes as effectively as someone with all five digits on both hands.
Assuming that she has all of her fingers on the opposing hand, one way she could compensate for the loss of digits could be a slicer while chopping her fruits and vegetables. Most slicers only require someone to push down on the top of the slicer and it will cut the tomato into even slices. This can be done with one hand or even just the palm of the hand that is limited by the loss of digits. This would allow the wife to continue some of her occupations in the kitchen and prepare for several meals. Since there is no clarification on if the other hand has digits or not, she could still use this piece of adaptive equipment by exerting force through her palms instead of the fingers.
Assuming that she has all of her fingers on the opposing hand, one way she could compensate for the loss of digits could be a slicer while chopping her fruits and vegetables. Most slicers only require someone to push down on the top of the slicer and it will cut the tomato into even slices. This can be done with one hand or even just the palm of the hand that is limited by the loss of digits. This would allow the wife to continue some of her occupations in the kitchen and prepare for several meals. Since there is no clarification on if the other hand has digits or not, she could still use this piece of adaptive equipment by exerting force through her palms instead of the fingers.
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It is such a great idea to utilize the palms because they can exert much more force when required. I like the tomato slicer adaptation. It could be used for a variety of foods and would save her time in the kitchen as well. Great thinking!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea that you are considering the use of both hands because who knows if she actually was only missing fingers from one hand. Also we can think of all of the electric product we have to adjust to cutting and peeling vegetables.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you incorporated a lot of information from our most recent lectures into your post! I also enjoyed reading about the compensatory action for the wife that you came up with. I would not have thought of a slicer, initially, so good thinking on your part!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I think I need to invest in one of these vegetable slicers. Secondly, I like that you took into account her other hand and whether or not fingers were present. This goes to show that you are looking at the big picture and are seeing everything about the client's, rather than just the hand that we know about.
ReplyDeleteI like the detail you went into describing the abilities she would use and how this could affect her daily! Most people don't consider what would happen if they lost 3 fingers, but using a vegetable slicer would be ideal as she could just push down on this. and wouldn't even have to think about the use of her fingers. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing, Jessie!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, very creative solution! Well done :)
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