Activity Analysis

Name of Activity:  Making the bed after a night’s

sleep

Area of Occupation:  ADL

Description:  To pull sheets and comforter over

a mattress and place pillows on
top

Objects used and their properties  Frame

 Box spring
 Mattress
 Sheets
 Comforter
 Pillows

Space Demands:  Enough space to move around the

parameters of the bed
Social Demands  N/A

Sequence, timing & patterns  Get to/off bed

 Pull the pillows off the unmade
bed
 Pull the sheets and blankets over
in a sequential pattern; bottom
sheet closest to mattress followed
by each one on top
 Tuck in the sheets and blankets
under the mattress
 Pull the comforter over all
sheets/blankets
 Place any pillows on top
according to individual
preference
Required Skills/ Performance Skills  Initiates with sheets
 Grasping the sheets
 Gripping the sheets
 Sequencing in pattern for making
the bed
 Manipulating the sheets under
the mattress
 Positioning self with respective
distance from bed frame
 Bending to reach sheets or
pillows
 Attend to occupation of making
the bed
 Handles the pillows
 Terminates with
comforter/pillows

Required Body Structures and Functions  Attention – cognition

 Memory
 Hands
 Joint mobility in elbows and
hands
 Structures related to movement
 UE strength & joint mobility
 LE strength & endurance
 Eye-hand coordination
 Visual functions – eyes
 Vestibular functions – balance to
keep you upright – legs
Safety Demands/ Hazards  Fall/trip hazard (pillows, sheets,
etc. on floor)
 Dizziness from going around the
bed back and forth several times

Adaptability to Promote Participation  Use a smaller bed

 Take away un-needed pillows
 Use pattern sheets (kids)
 Adapt style of making bed (tight
versus loose)

Grading:  Have less sheets on bed (easier)

 Make bed military style – tight
(harder)
 Do not tuck sheets in; just pull
them over (easier)
 Add assistance for child (easier)