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With the increasing age of the baby boomer generation, it is expected that the number of individuals in long-term care facilities will increase. This article was written to help healthcare professionals anticipate the psychosocial needs that the baby boomer generation will have when residing in a long-term care facility. The author defines ten potential factors to look for when working within long-term care settings. For instance, the first psychosocial need the author anticipates the baby boomer generation will have is a desire for social connectedness with others. By anticipating these needs, occupational therapists will be better prepared to help the baby boomers smoothly transition into long-term care facilities.

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This article is great for people to read who are going to be working in nursing homes. It focuses on the psychosocial needs of the baby boomers as they move into nursing home care.

This posting discusses clinical reasoning within occupational therapy by summarizing a chapter out of a book written by Willard and Spackman entitled Professional Reasoning in Practice. The writer of the blog explains that clinical reasoning within occupational therapy includes the entire process of planning, directing, performing, and reflecting on the various aspects of patient care. It was interesting to see how the writer goes explained clinical reasoning; stating that clinical reasoning is broken down into various cognitive processes. These various cognitive processes enable therapists to store information into categories and within a certain order so that when they come across similar situations later in their practice they can anticipate what to expect and how to handle the situation. The writer then defines the eight types of clinical reasoning (scientific, diagnostic, procedural, narrative, pragmatic, ethical, interactive, and conditional) and how they are utilized within the field of occupational therapy. Clinical reasoning is something that is very valuable within the field; however, it is something that takes time and experience to develop. Those who have experience working within the field of occupational therapy tend to utilize more of a conditional reasoning approach, as this approach is more of a blend of the various types of clinical reasoning and requires a higher skill set. Ultimately we should strive to develop conditional reasoning as practitioners in the field.