I’m always looking for an occupation-based assessment that I can use to evaluate cognitive skills. As part of my OTD research project involving older adults ….
Category: Safety Awareness
Let’s talk about functional activities to do in isolation rooms with minimal equipment or supplies. I work in a skilled nursing facility and the pandemic ….
Before I set goals, it is important to me to have a good assessment of the abilities of the client as well as the environmental ….
Over time, I have incorporated more medication or health condition management goals into my plan of care. While being able to administer medication is widely ….
One of the frustrations that I hear from my physical therapy and nursing colleagues regularly is that the clients they are working with are not ….
I work in a skilled nursing facility. While I highly value completing a food preparation task with each client before they discharge home, there are ….
Several months ago, a woman named Barbara was admitted to the facility where I work. Barbara has dementia and her family decided that it was ….
As I wrote a few weeks ago, I think it’s important to work on food preparation with all of my clients who are planning to ….
One of the things I hear a lot from my clients is, “I want to go home.” Sometimes I hear it during therapy sessions. Other ….
When I am working with clients who plan to discharge to the community, either alone or with assistance from a caregiver, I try to work ….