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Julie Noll

Essential Job Functions Under the ADA - Disability Discrimination | Nolo.com - 0 views

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    Essential job functions are the fundamental duties of a position: the things a person holding the job absolutely must be able to do. This helps to determine whether or not a person is being discriminated against when trying to get a job. If they can not perform the essential job functions, they are not qualified for the job.
cbouvia

Essential Functions Guide - 0 views

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    This is an Essential Functions Guide done by Washington State Human Resources. It gives questions to ask to see when essential functions should be identified, what they are, what determines them and who is responsible to demonstrate that a function is essential.
jaysenrscc

Functional Outcomes per Level of Spinal Cord Injury: Overview, Neurologic Level and Com... - 0 views

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    The objectives of rehabilitation after an individual has sustained an acute spinal cord injury (SCI) include maximizing the patient's medical, functional, and psychosocial outcomes. Functional outcomes are strongly associated with the neurological level of the individual's SCI.
Teri Gergen

University of Washington OT Assessments - 1 views

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    Carolyn Baum OT Assessments - Executive Function Performance Test; Complex Task Performance Assessment (divided attention/sequencing)
bethduncan

Selected Assessment Tools for OT Reporting of Outpatient Functional Data to the Medicar... - 2 views

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    This is a handy-dandy chart of a variety of assessments that OTs can use to help determine a patient's functional limitations and how those limitations may change over time. According to fairly new rules related to Medicare, OTs and other therapists must now include a G-code which helps documents changes in patients and gives Medicare decision making abilities about the patient's future services. Originally I was looking for the use of the Barthel Index in OT settings when I found this chart and recognized some of the other assessments as well. If you are especially interested in working with older patients, this chart could be helpful.
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    I really like charts. I just posted one above. Thank you!
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    Very handy! I had thought about posting a small chart and think I will now! Thanks Beth
loydra1

Intrinsic Plus Resting Hand Splint and Functional Resting Hand Splint - 1 views

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    This is a youtube video on how to make a resting hand splint for an intrinsic plus and a functional splint. It gives step by step instructions on how to make these two splints, supplies and a visual of how to make them.
Kellie Hudgens

Stress Management on ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners - 8 views

  • Maribel, 42, shares how she implements this concept: "Having MS and three children has been overwhelming. My kids are only starting to understand what is happening to me. When the kids would arrive home from school, I would just be overwhelmed. Now I break the evening up into units. The kids arrive at 2:30. I am
  • Chronic conditions require tremendous mental and physical effort to manage daily tasks, symptoms and ongoing functional challenges; in essence, managing a chronic condition is chronically stressful.
  • What do I need help with in my daily routine? What kinds of situations lead to needing to be energized, relaxed or soothed? If I need to release stress, what is the best way to do it, in what intervals, and how often?
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  • how stress interrupts the capacity for self care
  • First, identify the sources of stress on two levels. One level is "outside-in" (functional stress management), referring to social supports, living situation and work environment.
  • "Inside-out" (personal stress management) refers to an individual's specific ability to cope with unexpected emotions or situations. For example, it can be helpful to include questions identifying specific individual triggers that impede a patient's ability to carry out exercises.
  • chronic disabilities can continuously cycle through chronic pain or acute relapses, but even when a person is not in acute distress, he or she still faces the stress of managing the daily challenges of any medical condition.
  • brain-storming with patients about the level of energy, both practical and emotional, required to implement the strategy by categorizing the activity as requiring low, moderate or high levels of energy.
  • I instructed her to categorize these strategies by level of exertion, providing her with a range of options to use on low-energy days versus high-energy days.
  • Breaking up the day into units can help alleviate anxiety and stress.
  • Maribel, 42, shares how she implements this concept: "Having MS and three children has been overwhelming. My kids are only starting to understand what is happening to me. When the kids would arrive home from school, I would just be overwhelmed. Now I break the evening up into units. The kids arrive at 2:30. I am
  • Finally, it is critical that practitioners commit to developing their own stress management capacities. It is important for OTs to experiment with as many strategies as possible, so they have first-hand knowledge of the gains, limits and time demands of each technique. Stress management is an interdependent learning process; patients can be put at ease when we can be good role models of successful stress management.
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    Print out our checklist to use with your patients to help them develop individual stress management strategies. Click here to print now! Stress is a commonly under-recognized, untreated dimension of recovery, rehabilitation and medical intervention. While all patients seeking medical care experience stress, for individuals with disabilities the dynamics are not the same.
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    I think we can all relate to this topic. Stress is a commonly under-recognized, untreated dimension of recovery, rehabilitation and medical intervention. While all patients seeking medical care experience stress, for individuals with disabilities the dynamics are not the same.
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    The checklist Richard mentioned is a great resource! Thanks Richard. I plan on using this in the future. :)
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    Great article about how to help our patients with chronic conditions manage stress that impacts their daily activities.  Personal stories of stress management coping skills and how to help our clients identify their personal triggers. This article has some great questions for patients to ask themselves when identifying their personal stress management techniques.
Kellie Hudgens

Under Pressure on ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners - 2 views

  • cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs
  • Identifying Ergonomic Issue
  • s While CTDs aren't initially
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  • debilitating, they can become painful and limit function if the rate of injury exceeds the rate of repair. As such, prevention and early management are essential.
  • Ergonomics examines the relationships between physical functions, work demands and the body's response to them. Ergonomics programs can reduce worker injury and illness, boost productivity, increase comfort and enhance job satisfaction.
  • Highly repetitive tasks.
  • Localized mechanical stress.
  • Forceful exertions.
  • Static exertion.
  • Awkward postures.
  • Temperature exposure
  • Vibration.
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    This article list ergonomic risk factors of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs). As occupational therapy practitioners we should focus on the following areas: highly repetitive tasks, static exertion, forceful exertions, localized mechanical stress, awkward postures, temperature exposure, and vibration (article has description of all of these). Prevention and early management are key to avoiding CTDs.
Kellie Hudgens

Home :: The Fontana Center :: Center for Work Rehabilitation - 0 views

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    This is a link to an awesome website for The Fontana Center.  The Fontana Center is a center for work rehabilitation.  It is owned and run by an OTR and also hires COTAs, massage therapy, and fitness experts.  This place is very holistic.  It offers seminars and workshops on ergonomics and preventing work place injury.  It also prescreens employees for companies to make sure their candidate can handle the physical aspects of the job that they are applying for…this saves the company lots of money in the long run.  The facility offers functional capacity evaluations and work hardening programs.  It also has fitness classes including water aerobics/therapy, yoga, and even classes for seniors.  This is great for fall prevention! I love this place…I wonder how many places like this exist in the US?
blaketa

Jebsen Taylor Hand Function test - 0 views

shared by blaketa on 10 Nov 15 - No Cached
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    This video is of the Jebsen Taylor Hand Function test. It includes all subtest.
lorieallion

Randomized Clinical Trial of Therapeutic Exercise in Subacute Stroke - 0 views

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    This is a study of the effect of therapeutic exercise on function in stroke patients. It is about just exercise, without meaningful activity, but they used OT as well as PT therapists. It shows a significant gain in function for the patients who received ther-ex.
svettesd

Quick Guide to Functional Reach Test - 0 views

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    This quick guide provides not only the instructions but the scoring sheet as well.
karinaroldan

Sex After a Spinal Cord Injury - 0 views

shared by karinaroldan on 30 Nov 15 - No Cached
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    Discussion on sexual function for people with a spinal cord injury. The amount of feeling and function can vary drastically depending on the level and severity of the injury to the spinal cord
Rachel Brown

EZ Way patient lift overhead ceiling lift sit-to-stand slings hoyer - 1 views

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    Simply the highest quality, most functional patient handling equipment in the industry.
Robin Scarbrough

Adaptive Equipment for Dementia Patients - 0 views

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    Adaptive Equipment For Dementia Patients. Adaptive equipment designed to help individuals with decreased mobility, balance, motor control or vision loss often helps the dementia patient. Other types of adaptive equipment are specially designed for patients with memory loss. Equipment may function as warning devices, such as alarms that sound when the door is opened, or promote safety, such...
Sarah Clay

Occupational Therapy - 1 views

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    Occupational therapy practitioners have the knowledge and expertise to modify activities and environments to allow individuals to do the things they want and need to do to maintain quality of life. The role of occupational therapy in oncology is to facilitate and enable an individual patient to achieve maximum functional performance, both physically and psychologically, in everyday living skills regardless of his or her life expectancy.
Amy Gross

Mindfulness Meditation - 1 views

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    What is Mindfulness Meditation? Mindfulness is a type of meditation that essentially involves focusing on your mind on the present. To be mindful is to be aware of your thoughts and actions in the present, without judging yourself. Research suggests that mindfulness meditation may improve mood, decrease stress, and boost immune function.
Kristie King

The Role of Occupational Therapy in - 0 views

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    The role of occupational therapy in oncology is "to facilitate and enable an individual patient to achieve maximum functional performance, both physically and psychologically, in everyday living skills regardless of his or her life expectancy" (p. 75).2
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