A manual wheelchair could be assigned to just about anyone because it offers stationery use as well as voluntary self-propulsion at calm speeds. When a motor is added, upgrading the seated contraption into a power chair, red flags should be popping up indicating serious safety precautions. The user now has access to immediate self-propulsion with …
According to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), the general scope of Occupational Therapy (OT) is defined as follows: “Occupational therapy is the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). Occupational therapy practitioners enable people of …
Occupational Therapy for Senior Citizens: What It Looks Like and How It Can Help You Read More »
Although patients and families are welcome to cruise online and look up “Yelp!” reviews, there are other ways to accurately research skilled nursing facilities. Before diving in, think about the questions that you want answered: What does the patient want in a facility? Even though family members may have facility preferences, they will not be …
Appropriate Evaluation of a Skilled Nursing Facility: A Tool for Patients and Families Read More »
Source: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/coronavirus-scams-what-ftc-doing Scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the Coronavirus. Here are some tips to help you keep the scammers at bay: Hang up on robocalls. Don’t press any numbers. Scammers are using illegal robocalls to pitch everything from scam Coronavirus treatments to work-at-home schemes. The recording might say that pressing a number will …
Throughout California, some facilities offer special memory care services. With that in mind, what exactly is memory care? The broad definition says that it is a specific type of long-term care tailored to meet the needs of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other forms of memory deficits. Staff, who receive dementia training, provide 24-hour …
The Signs at Home: When It’s Time to Consider Memory Care Read More »
Caregivers and family members who are new to residential care options for their elderly loved ones may be unfamiliar with knowing when the appropriate time has come. For some, the following questions may have already crossed your mind? What is residential care? How does someone qualify for assisted living outside of their home? What signs …
When to Consider Assisted Living/Board Care vs. Living at Home Read More »
The healthiest person can still experience a fall by pure accident or due to poor choices. That being said, for the elderly it is not a matter of “if” they fall….it’s “when” they fall. Reduced vision, decreased cognition, unstable standing balance, and generalized weakness/fatigue are just a few of the many fall-related factors that older …
Preventing Falls at Home for Older Adults Using Today’s Technology and Products Read More »
When an elder is diagnosed with incontinence, he or she might quickly become overwhelmed by the options of incontinence products that are on the market. There are hundreds of products ranging from pads to adult diapers, and this can make it hard to narrow down which product is best for the individual. If you’re a …
As a new admit to a skilled nursing facility, the patient and involved family members will be professionally bombarded by many healthcare providers from multiple departments: social work, nursing, psychiatry, recreational therapy, nutrition, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, and administration to name a few. Let’s hone in on and breakdown one department: the rehabilitation (or rehab) team. …
The Skilled Nursing Rehab Team: A Q&A for Families Read More »
No aging adult wants other people pointing out times when their cognition slides. Misplacing items, forgetting names, repeating stories…it’s all commonly part of the aging process and many older adults get embarrassed by it. In order to preserve their pride, they try to brush these slip-ups aside and in the end there is no harm …
Benefits of Identifying Alzheimer’s Early: A Rehabilitative Perspective Read More »
