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Making Crescent Rolls Adaptively


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Situation: A person has Rheumatoid Arthritis. This person is experiencing symptoms such as joint pain, weakness in hands and fingers, difficulty coordinating muscle movement in hands and joints, and deep bone pain with movement. This makes it difficult for this person to make food. This person is making crescent rolls.

Background: People who are experiencing Rheumatoid Arthritis will often have finger joints that are bent in awkward positions, swollen hands and fingers, and will often have a lot of pain and difficulty moving their fingers and hands.

Those who are living with Rheumatoid Arthritis will very often experience a symptom called Arthralgia. Arthralgia is pain in joints.

Those who are living with Rheumatoid Arthritis will very often experience a symptom called Asthenia. Asthenia is weakness or lack of energy and strength. This can make a person easily fatigued, and make it difficult to complete multiple complicated steps to food prep.

Those who are living with Rheumatoid Arthritis will very often experience a symptom called Ataxia. Ataxia happens when a person has difficulty coordinating how muscles work together. This can lead to clumsiness or awkward repetitive movements.

Those who are living with Rheumatoid Arthritis will very often experience a symptom called Bone Pain. Bone Pain is a dull, achy pain deep inside the body. Those experiencing it endorse feeling the pain in their joints or bones.

Many kinds of people can experience these symptoms, young and old.

Assessment:
These adaptive tools:

  • Silicone cupcake liner
  • Rubber jar opener
  • Piece of a pool noodle
  • Knotted rope dog toy
  • Velcro based grip assist devices
  • Grabbing device/grip assist device
  • Ergonomic kitchen knife or Mezzaluna
  • Silicone kneading bag or two-gallon plastic freezer bag


Can help this person who has:

Rheumatoid Arthritis– This person is experiencing joint pain, difficulty coordinating movements, and weakness with their task.

These adaptive tools can help with energy conservation techniques

To protect a person from harm from overexertion

Complete the steps safely

And help make task completion easier

While they make crescent rolls.

This person has all the items to do this and needs instruction.

Recommendation:

I’m going to show you how to make crescent rolls using all these tools.

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  • Just a reminder, this is all just me trying to be helpful- things I’ve witnessed as a nurse that I’ve seen help some people, and some of these situations are things I’ve gone through myself with either me or a loved one that I’ve had the joy of figuring out this worked for us

  • I am not affiliated with the education I provide links to, and they’re not affiliated with me.
    I just used it to either make this education or find inspiration in it.

  • Nothing I post here is meant to diagnose or medically treat people.
    If you feel like you are having these symptoms, make sure you talk to your doctor or medical team.

    Any opinions I express are my own, and not the opinions of an employer.

Thank you – Erica from Anderson Acres for your original recipe video!

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