RSCC Occupational Therapy Assistant Program

Sometimes we are thinking consistently about the patient and not so much about the therapist, the body mechanics used, and the ergonomics to help prevent major problems later on!

Super interesting! This article gives insight on those patients who have incontinence issues and helpful hints on how to get them to therapy even though they are afraid of having an accident! This could be super helpful one day!

This was a neat article on low vision patients and keeping their needs met through occupational therapy. Very interesting read!

When we talked about cancer, I believe we talked about the adults more and not a lot about the children. This website talks about complications that can occur in children who survive cancer.

There's an app for that. this can be used by the patient to track their progress for ROM.

This site describes a device that was created to help people with arthritis pick up hot cookware with their forearms instead of using only one hand with a towel or oven mitt; and its heat resistant.

This gives a step by step guide on how to apply kinesio tape to help a rotator cuff injury.

Here is a video of a woman demonstrating yoga to ease pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis.

This website gives more information about what a sexual surrogate is and the service they can provide.

This is a video showing from beginning to end of how a prosthetic leg is made

Here is a website that describes the research that is being done to help older drivers continue to drive in a safe manner. We all know that not being able to drive can limit our independence but can also diminish our quality of life.

This semester we had a discussion about older adults and how to help them prevent fells as they age in place. This website gives a detailed list and tips you want to remember to help an older adult prevent falls so that they may age in place safely.

This website has a few videos showing assistive technology that we may not have seen in class. these devices will be great to know about so that we can recommend them to the people it would benefit the most.

This is truly inspiring!!! I am just so excited about helping make a difference in a person's life! This video contains true stories of how occupational therapy has impacted lives.

This video discusses how manipulating the brain waves can help treat certain diagnosis. I found it to be very interesting!

This page just lets you select different foreground and background colors. As someone with vision problems, I found it really helpful to see how my eyes reacted to the different combinations.

This has tons of good information on low vision and a wide variety of aids.

We really didn't talk about what goes into an FCE very much. This has some good information about how to design one.

Mostly stuff we talked about in lab briefly, but good reminders, and a few things we didn't discuss.

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.