I found this article very helpful for people with arthritis. This guide gives you tips on how to do everyday tasks with arthritis and be pain free. Many people suffer from this and it would be beneficial to them! "You can do it easier! Find practical, everyday solutions for managing your household, gardening, cooking, beauty and more."
This is a great reference chart for MET levels.
It divides it up into self care, household, recreational, and vocational activities. This is a great reference to see what ADLs and IADLs have MET levels from light all the way up to very heavy MET levels.
A really good site alot about different types burns also first aid treatment do's and don't's, some pics of 2 nd, 3 rd and radiation burns, everything from meds to coping strateges.
Prevention
By: Mayo Clinic staff
To reduce your risk of common household burns:
This would be a good check list that maybe we as OT might want to use for a future reference.
I know that you are probably wondering what hoarding has to do with OT, but after reading this article on the topic I can see that there is a definite need for OT practitioners. Therapy can include education on increasing home safety by reducing clutter (and tripping hazards) and removing detritus to reduce likelihood of health hazards such as mold and household pests. Since the psychology of hoarding is oftentimes complex, the OT can also work with a team of other professionals to help the client address the underlying issues causing the hoarding. Even the removal of the clutter can be part of therapeutic activity and can be used to train the client on energy conservation as well as frustration tolerance.