paper tearing (can paste on a jar or paper card), marble or bead flicking,
pencil rolling, 2 ball roll in hand, velcro or taped puzzles to place on bottom
of desk so working on wrist and arm stability lying on floor,
Just a few of the things I used to use
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Several, I have the W.I.N. tm Program and encourage you to see more on
my website www.childrens-services.com--and there are more suggestions
in my book, "Learning Re-Enabled" thanks again Susan
Susan Orloff, OTR/L
CEO/Executive Director
Children's Special Services, LLC
7501 Auden Trail
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Ron,
It is my understanding that in 2009, the OASIS scores for bathing will be more
closely scrutinized, with greater focus being on improving levels from start of
care to end of cert.
The need for OT will be greater now that there is a greater emphasis on
improvements in certain ADL areas and
Hi,
I tutor for HW and want some new warm up ideas. I do the usual, hiding things
in putty, beading, games like mini connect four, battleship, etc. Looking for
some new ideas that are different. I was hoping to set up a bunch of little
ziplock containers with an activity in each one just so I c
Ron,
I've been thinking about that inservice you plan to give. What if you went
through each ADL-related OASIS item and gave a few specific examples of how OT
would bring up the start-of-care score; for example, patient was a 4 for
bathing at start of care but after OT worked on bathing skills
Unfortunately, I don't have time to read through all the posts on this
subject at this very moment, but I do want to comment because this topic
comes up oh so often in my practice. I work with the elderly & my focus is
generally low vision, but I do PRN at several CCRCs. There aren't enough
finger
whoa! I feel your pain. Its very hard to explain to others what we do as a
profession. When anybody thinks about rehab PT is what comes to mind. I
agree with you that in home care we should be the premier discipline. I feel
that all of us OT's need to change people's perspective one at a time.
Anot
Ron, when I told my surgeon that I was an OT, he didn't mention upper
extremities at all. He said "Oh you're one of those people that does
stained glass." ! This is a man who works just down the hall from
the OT dept in a military hospital.
I told him that I couldn't speak for what other OT
Exactly, Neal! I always ask patients what their goals are, but the majority
of the time, I cannot write them down. The insurance companies don't care
if a patient can go fishing or play with their kids, and they would never
pay for treatment with those goals.
Ron, when reading your posts, I w
I also think this is an awesome approach to research. I am interested, Sue, in
what your design is. I also feel there are variables concerning the clients
emotional, spiritual, psychological, personality that can be masured and added
to the multifactorial equation. Are you familiar with Struc
RonI was just going to let it go, but, I got to thinking about what you
said in response to my Movement-Strategy-Impairment approach to examination.
You said you have the client perform occupation activities to determine the
deficits you need to work on, right? I think we do the same thing
I think your research is incredibly valuable both to us as a profession
and ultimately to the communities we serve. Here's why.
I'll use one of the areas your research is focused--interpersonal
expressions of caring. Often the aged/elderly population have lost so
many meaningful expressions of
I am getting ready to do my first home health Medicare recert. While
previewing the form, I notice the following outcome measures:
* Dressing UB
* Dressing LB
* Bathing
* Toileting
* Transferring
* Ambulation/Locomotion
Honestly, my mouth just ab
Mary Alice, I'm sorry if I've left an impression that OT should not
help patients identify occupational goals. In reality, I think getting
the correct goals is one of the most important aspect of our jobs. If
you've ever had the displeasure of working on goals that are
unimportant to
Sue, I really like your researcher mind. Your message brings up many
valid arguments as to how/why a stroke affects patients on global and
often unseen levels.
Regarding treatment, it is highly unfortunate that many OT's working
in the medical model of treatment are highly restricted as t
I have mostly kept quiet and just observed all the dialogue on this
issue. I do feel the need to speak up now though. I see absolutely
nothing wrong with asking a patient about different areas of
occupation or observing different areas of occupational performance
and then asking the patient
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