I can't get my affected left hand into my jacket pocket without significant help from my good hand. Now that winter is coming on it becomes important to do this to keep the hand from freezing. If the pocket slit is on the very side of the coat I can't get it in there no matter what I do. Putting on a glove is impossible and a mitten works if the wrist opening is big enough for a clenched fist to get through. My thumb might be able to get pried into the thumb location.
Problems with pocket:
Elbow will not stay next to body due to spasticity.
Unable to pull arm straight back for the length of the forearm.
Unable to straighten wrist.
Unable to point all the fingers straight ahead.
There has to be a stroke protocol that could address this. I bet there are millions of survivors around the world that have this exact same problem. And yet there is no written documentation on how to train survivors to accomplish this. Sounds like an ADL to me.
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