Adult Archives – Therapy Insights

Making Dressing Easier: Clothing Solutions That Support Comfort, Dignity, and Caregiving

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This handout highlights adaptive clothing options that make dressing easier for individuals who are largely immobile or require significant assistance. Use it to support patients and families in choosing practical, dignity-preserving clothing that reduces physical strain and fosters greater independence in daily care.

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VNeST in Action: 100+ Verbs for Aphasia Therapy

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

Enhance your VNEST sessions with this ready-to-use verb list, designed to help clients strengthen word retrieval and sentence construction. This resource provides a diverse range of verbs to support meaningful language practice, making it easier to guide therapy and promote functional communication.

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Color Matching Activity for Neuro Rehab

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This color matching activity offers a low-demand way to target sustained attention, organization, and wakefulness for adults with severe brain injury. With five familiar categories and flexible levels of complexity, it’s an easy-to-adjust task for early-stage neuro rehab.

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Add and Log Medications with iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

Help patients stay on track with medications using this step-by-step guide to setting up reminders and logs through the Apple Health app. Ideal for individuals with mild memory challenges, this resource supports independence and consistency in daily routines.

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Time and Attention Toolkit

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This toolkit helps clients build awareness of their time perception and attention patterns with a gentle self-check and practical strategy tables. Therapists can use it to guide personalized support for individuals navigating ADHD, brain injury, or executive functioning challenges.

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Early Cancer Detection in Swallowing Evaluations

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource helps speech-language pathologists recognize subtle red flags for head and neck cancer during swallow evaluations. It includes anatomical visuals, nuanced signs by subsite, and clear guidance on when to refer to ENT.

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Visual Training Home Exercises Program

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource provides structured visual exercises designed specifically for post-stroke rehabilitation, targeting visual scanning, spatial awareness, and visual attention. Therapists can easily incorporate these activities into sessions to help clients regain visual skills, track improvements, and build confidence.

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Functional Movement Disorder

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This handout helps patients understand FMD in clear, compassionate language, reinforcing that their symptoms are real and treatable. It includes an overview of occupational therapy’s role in recovery, making it easy to share during education or goal-setting sessions.

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Glottic Gap: How Your Vocal Folds Work

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This patient-friendly handout explains glottic gap using clear language and everyday examples to help individuals understand how their vocal folds work. It’s ideal for use in voice therapy to support education, engagement, and shared decision-making.

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Everyday Foot Care for Life with Diabetes

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This handout helps people with diabetes understand why foot care matters and how to build simple, protective habits into their daily routine. It’s ideal for early education or as a supportive tool when signs of foot-related changes begin to appear.

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