Pants Up Easy is creating this fundraiser, in effort to support our veterans to regain independence. Funds raised will go toward screening and assessment for veterans in need of this device and prevent further delays in inventory.
The History Behind this Essential ADL (Activities of Daily Living )Product:
Pants Up Easy was invented by Douglas Pearson, for his close friend Paul Degroot, a wheelchair user with paraplegia as a result of a spinal cord injury. Douglas noticed that Paul spent long periods of time in the restroom. When asked why, Paul explained the difficulty and problems associated with dressing before and after using the toilet. Once on the toilet it was extremely painful and problematic to simply pull his pants up and down. Paul would wiggle back and forth, tugging and pulling on his pants to get them down and then repeat the process to pull them back up again. Paul had the same struggle while dressing in his wheelchair, usually needing to lay on his bed to pull his pants on
Douglas immediately began to design a product to assist his paralyzed friend to be able to independently pull his pants up and down. The results of that effort are the 3 individual products in the Pants Up Easy line.
