Left right discrimination is where you need to start if you have ever have a patient that had a stroke, try mirror therapy with them and wonder “why am I doing this?” because it never seemed to work?🙋 I have (more times than I’d like to admit)! It’s super frustrating, especially since the evidence shows […]
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So you’ve decided you (or a loved one) needs a walker – it’s a big step! Hopefully I can make the process easier by giving you some walker basics on how to use a walker. I am going to walk you through on how to adjust your walker, how to correctly use it, the differences
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Sometimes we need in room OT treatment ideas because our patient is isolated, has low endurance, we want to work on occupation based interventions or we just do not have the room in the therapy gym for all the patients. Do you have any in room occupational therapy intervention ideas? I am going to share
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The struggle is real. Dementia bathing or patients with other cognitive impairments is one of the biggest struggles from caregivers. There is fighting, arguing, and frustration. There is worry about body odor, risk of infection and being in pain due to chaffing and soreness. Everyone that struggles with bathing goes through this. First thing to
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Patient refusal of care can be very frustrating in occupational therapy (OT)! What do we do? There are supervisors to appease, productivity to adhere to, patients to help and ethical dilemmas to resolve. So let’s dig into: why do patient refusals happen what to do about it and how to document it What is it
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I can honestly say I am a “jack of all trades” in the occupational therapy world. I am not an assistive technology guru or even have easy access to someone that is, since I live in a rural community. But I DO complete a lot of home assessments and make recommendations on home modifications for
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Why is sleep so difficult for our patients that have dementia? Through addressing occupational therapy dementia sleep problems, we can assess and develop a treatment plan by asking ourselves “WHY” they are having difficulty and look at the patient holistically. Occupational therapy dementia care and sleep problems among our patients is a common challenge. These
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Per usual practice, occupational therapy practitioners don’t typically set up or change weight bearing precautions for their patients. That order comes from their primary physicians who also order therapy evaluations and services to begin with. Occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) are informed about weight-bearing precautions via a prescriptive order in the form of, sometimes unrecognizable, acronyms:
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Activity analysis is the KEY to occupational therapy. It helps us be holistic. It helps us be client centered. It helps us look at how we can help our patients return to the occupations that they need and want to do! Sometimes when we are working with our patients as occupational therapy practitioners, we tend
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