Patients are placed on isolation precautions to prevent the spread of infection to other patients and healthcare workers. When a patient is on isolation precautions, they will typically have to remain in their rooms with limited equipment available for you to use during your OT treatment times. Working with adults in occupational therapy, even during […]
I was first inspired to write this post about interventions for unilateral neglect as I was remembering my first evaluation with this condition on my own after I was working at my first job out of OT school. I realized that it was much more of a challenge for me to figure out on-the-spot optimal […]
If you’re looking for occupational therapy group treatment ideas for your adult rehab patients, you’ve come to the right place! With group therapy becoming more commonplace in subacute and acute rehab settings, we wanted to share our favorite functional group treatment ideas that will benefit each participant. First, When is Group Therapy Appropriate? If you’re […]
One of things I love most about being an occupational therapist is the huge diversity in our scope of practice. Bridging the gap between physical therapy and speech pathology, we truly get the best of both worlds and are able to dip our hands into orthopedic conditions as well as cognitive impairments (via neuro rehab). […]
When working with patients affected by acquired or traumatic brain injuries for the first time, it can be challenging, exciting, and even stressful as an OT student or new occupational therapy practitioner. This is especially true if you have not been exposed to such a patient or any cognitive interventions for traumatic brain injury. The […]
I quickly learned in graduate school (in my physiology and neuroscience courses) that I learn best with flow charts – when I can form a plan and visualize what steps come next. The same is true for me now when treating a patient in my hand therapy setting. Regardless of how simple or complicated the […]
We’re so excited to feature holistic OT Linda Schiano Moriello, OTR/L, for this guest post all about holistic occupational therapy. We love that holistic practices are becoming more mainstream and accepted in OT and look forward to sharing how you can incorporate holistic OT approaches in your day to day practice. Occupational therapists are skilled […]
Occupation-based interventions: It may seem like common sense to use these as occupational therapists. After all, our title has the word “occupation” in it, for goodness sake! Unfortunately, assembly-line therapy has reduced the use of occupation-based treatments in favor of exercises that make point of service and high productivity the main objective versus providing quality, […]
Whether you work as an occupational therapist or COTA in home health, outpatient, acute care, rehab, or in a long term care facility, you will certainly encounter patients with a dementia diagnosis or co-morbidity. If you work primarily with older adults, this might even be a large percentage of your patients. In this article, I […]
The following article on Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (along with Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy) was guest-authored by Janet Meydam, OTR/L and Meredith Chandler, OTR/L. We want to give both of them a huge thanks for sharing their insight and research for this article. According to the National Stroke Association, it is estimated that 9 out of […]