Situations and recoveries

Checklists for stretches of weeks or months when everyday tasks change — after surgery, with a cast, with a newborn in one arm.

• Living with a broken wristThis page is about getting through the next six weeks at home with one arm in a cast: washing, eating, dressing and the jobs that suddenly need two hands.
• After a hip replacementThis page is about getting through the first six weeks at home after a hip replacement: dressing, using the toilet, washing and picking up what you drop.