O ccupational Therapy Toolkit ™
Patient Handouts and Treatment Guides
for
Adults
Physical Disabilities, Chronic Conditions, and Geriatrics
Cheryl Hall
Occupational Therapist
Maryland, United States
Welcome to a site devoted to sharing experience, knowledge and resources to make your job of being a great therapist a lot easier.
I have been an occupational therapist for more than 30 years. I graduated from San Jose State University with degrees in Occupational Therapy, Gerontology, and Early Child Development. My passion is working with adults and children in home health but I have also worked in rehab, sub-acute rehab, hand therapy, transitional living for TBI, and hospital-based outpatient settings.
Patient-centered care is one of the primary reasons I love our profession of occupational therapy. Before it became trendy, OT always focused on the person first. OT best practices promoted active listening and open-ended questions, so you learned about your patient beyond their current health challenge. In my work as…
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Occupational therapy works holistically to assist patients manage conditions, complete tasks with modifications, and support the ultimate goal of returning to activities that make their lives complete. But as OTs know, time with an individual patient is extremely limited and a patient’s effort between health care appointments drive overall progress….
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Who said (or sang) “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”? Every OT has an experience with a supervisor that made them question why they ever chose the OT profession, but a tough supervisor during fieldwork can be especially hard. For me, my first fieldwork included a difficult supervisor. There…
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