Learn how to use a calculator for productivity, examples of therapy productivity calculators & learn how to meet facility percentage requirements
Productivity Calculator for Therapists: Master Your Workday Read More »
Though many refer to it as ‘animal therapy,’ animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have emerged as a transformative approach to therapy, education, and recreational activities that leverage the deep bonds between humans and animals. By incorporating live, robotic, plush, and/or virtual animals into various interventions, AAI aims to enhance physical, emotional, and social well-being. This blog post
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What is evidence based practice in occupational therapy (OT) and why is it important? How can we integrate it into our practice to stay up to date and current when working as an OT with older adults? In this blog post, we will explore three reasons why evidence-based practice is important. By integrating critically appraised
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Social Isolation for our older adult patients is hard. Heck, it is hard for everyone. As we reflect on the past few years (and I am not just talking about COVID-19), there are so many stories about how isolation and social distancing have contributed to our patients’ loneliness and having difficult times with finding meaning in the days
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The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) is the nation’s leading nonprofit investing in occupational therapy research and the future research workforce. Quality, data-driven evidence is essential to improving the delivery of care, enhancing reimbursements and strengthening the value of our profession. Our grants, programs, research resources and AOTF scholarships are available to a wide variety
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When you Google or Pinterest “nursing home activities” or “inpatient rehab games”, odds are that “playing bingo” will be on top of that list of activities – but how about Bingo for Fall Prevention Interventions? So how can we, as occupational therapy practitioners, modify and adapt this cherished game to meet the multiple needs of
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Using fall prevention techniques in occupational therapy is key when working on getting our patients back to their prior level of function and return home when they are in a skilled nursing (SNF) setting and integrating some of these strategies into our group treatments is a fun way to do group learning. As established in
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Fall recovery is an important skill to teach our occupational therapy patients. How many times have we seen the commercial and heard, “help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” Many times for older adults, falling is not about if it happens but rather about when it happens. Per the CDC, more than one out
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We are digging into the who, what, when, where and why of stereognosis in occupational therapy and how to create a kit for your clinic. It is for the person WHO has ever experienced not being able to find their alarm clock on their bedside table in the dark of the morning. It is WHAT is
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