Care recipient (cr) has a hard time holding things with fingers

Try: Instruct the cr to hold a small plastic cup filled with water upright in the tips of his fingers ask the cr to turn the cup without spilling the water by turning it in his fingertips make this a daily exercise to help improve the cr’s finger strength

Materials: Small cup or cap from laundry detergent bottle

Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical

Information: n/a

References: Adapted from activities to promote hand development for pencil use and other tasks by jennifer dodge

Keywords: Poor hand movements fingers fingertips hands

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

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