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Guidance Resource Assistive Devices & Equipment Guide

Guidance Resource

Assistive Devices & Equipment Guide

A free guide to walkers, canes, shower chairs, and other equipment, with space for your care team's instructions.

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Access Free / Access-Based
Item ID por007

Educational support only. This resource complements, not replaces, provider instructions, facility policy, or medical advice.

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Assistive Devices & Equipment Guide is a free CarePlanCompass™ Quick Resource that helps you understand and use the equipment that can make daily tasks safer and easier. It gives an overview of common aids such as walkers, canes, shower chairs, and reachers, with space to write how your care team wants you to use each one and questions to ask. It is also part of the CarePlanCompass™ Guide Home, Movement & Equipment Safety. It is educational and organizational support and does not replace individualized medical, rehabilitation, or provider guidance. Fillable on screen or printable.

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