Imagine a typical day for you at work. You’re rushing around treating patients, documenting, collaborating with colleagues, and attending care plans. Your mind is a constant whirlwind trying to provide quality care while being productive. You have to please the patients and your boss! In addition, you are expected to be completely knowledgeable about home […]
If there is one area of practice that can be overwhelming (and also massively rewarding), it is home health occupational therapy. And if there is one diagnosis that can make the home health OT feel buried in options or approaches, it is a stroke diagnosis. This article is an attempt to pull back the layers […]
As I was talking with one of my OT coworkers about her new job working as a home health OT, we quickly got on the subject of what every home health occupational therapist or COTA needs in their home health “toolbox.” We came up with a few of the basics, but I felt like more […]
For today’s guest post by pediatric occupational therapist Jamie Schreckler, OTR/L, we’ll be sharing these five best in-home sensory play tools that your pediatric clients’ parents can use in their homes, that they likely already own! If you’re an OT new to pediatric home health, you can also use these items without needing to buy […]
Every occupational therapist’s career starts as a new graduate with some trepidation about their first job. We thought it would be helpful to create a cheat sheet for all the new occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants working with adults to be able to reference on the job and feel more confident. You can keep […]
Home health as a new grad occupational therapist: Should you do it? I first published this article with the answer to this question wayyy back in 2016 (my, how time flies) and I still haven’t changed my stance on the issue. While there is always a great need for quality home health therapists, since more […]
When you graduate from occupational therapy school, one of the biggest questions on your mind is most likely, “Where am I going to work?” Because of the nature of OT school, with a diverse group of educators and fieldwork placements, you have most likely had exposure to a number of different occupational therapy settings. However, […]
Wow, it’s been six years since I wrote this article (when I was basically still a new OT grad)! I thought about totally reworking the whole thing, but I think it’s fun to keep it close to it’s original format to see what OT interventions worked for me “back in the day.” That being said, […]