Personal Self-Care

For most of us, it's a matter of personal pride and dignity to care for our personal needs independently. A Vision Rehabilitation Therapist can help you learn more about a wide range of adaptive techniques for many personal self-care tasks. To learn what a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist does and how you could benefit, read A Day on the Road with Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Stephanie Stephens Van on this website.

In this section, we'll give you tips and techniques that can help you maintain your independence in a number of personal areas that are of prime importance, including:

• Organizing and labeling your clothing and personal items
• Tips to help with laundry and laundromats
• Techniques for makeup application
• Tips and techniques for fingernail care
• Tips to help with toothpaste application
• Tips to help with shaving for men and women

Additional Resources for Independent Living and Personal Self-Care

• See Labeling and Marking for tips and techniques that can help you identify and label household items.
• See Managing Your Medications for tips on medication management, organization, and labeling
• See How to Manage Diabetes for suggestions and materials to help you manage your diabetes medications.
• Learn more about Vision Rehabilitation Services and Professionals