Occupational therapy caregiver training – it can be tough. I don’t know about you, but I find it frustrating when my recommendations for simple, low cost home modifications are not carried out after a patient discharges home. When older adult patients need caregivers help to follow through on home modifications, that means it’s up to us […]
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As occupational therapists, hip precautions are essential to know, especially with how many patients requiring hip surgery we see. Hip precautions are typically recommended after hip replacement surgery and include movements that the patient should avoid during recovery in order to protect the new hip from dislocation. It’s important to know the type of surgery,
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When the word “perception” comes up in healthcare conversation, intuitively you should know that causes for concern go beyond just the structure of the eyeball. Visual information is taken from the surrounding environment and fed through the eyeballs. If visual disruptions were a matter of near or far sightedness (i.e. visual acuity), for example, then
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As occupational therapy practitioners, increasing patient follow through can be tough! If you have already read 7 Steps to Make it “Stick” when Teaching Tech to Older Adults, you already know that there is a lot of strategies that you can implement to help with this. But how can we make sure that what we
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In this inaugural “Speaking of OT” Betweenisode on the OT Podcast, Mandy and Sarah chat about the pros and cons of working as a PRN OT practitioner and talk about how eating weird foods snagged their future husbands… Resources from the show: Blog Post: Pros and Cons of Working PRN in OT Learn more about
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Let’s dig into strategies to help avoid the occupational therapy burnout and find your flow when working in home health as an OT practitioner… Why? It’s been long enough, that’s why. Really. When enough is enough, things finally change. You sigh about that backpacking trip (you haven’t made time to take) and moan about the
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Sleep. We all need it, but why is it such a struggle? Professionals in occupational therapy call the basic habits and practices that enable us to sleep well on a day-to-day basis “sleep hygiene,” but trying to figure out why we don’t sleep or fall asleep well, is much harder than it sounds. In addition,
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What is occupational therapy (OT)? What is it like when working with adults? Or what does this look like if we, as OT practitioners are working with older adults? This is a question I get over and over and I can assure you it is not finding people a job (even though you can work with
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Looking for occupational therapy treatment ideas for men? Here is a list for you! In my treatment sessions, I strive to provide client-centered, occupation based treatments when possible, as I believe “occupations” have no gender, but working in a rural farming community, there definitely are, generally speaking, different occupation based interventions that my men clients
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