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Self-Rating Form for Primary Progressive Aphasia

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Using a self-rating form can be a helpful place to identify what a person with primary progressive aphasia knows or areas for therapy goals. Patients can complete this form during the first and last sessions to measure and increase the person’s understanding and feelings about primary progressive aphasia.
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Self-Awareness

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes the foundations of self-awareness as related to brain injury. This information breaks down intellectual awareness, emergent awareness, and anticipatory awareness and describes treatment processes in rehabilitation therapy that can improve self-awareness.
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Self-Feeding and Low Cognitive Function Setup

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
When working with a patient with dementia, the way a task like self feeding is presented can set the tone for the level of participation. This handout offers caregivers simple techniques for set up, proper positioning, and orientation to task that can improve carryover of OT interventions to maximize independence.
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Self Care with a Pacemaker

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Use this intervention to guide an ADL session and training in the early days of recovery after a pacemaker placement, with all pacemaker precautions in consideration. Includes recommendations, education, and considerations to ensure the most informed and educational treatment session, and can be used as a tool for caregiver training in home health or in […]
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Self-Care Worksheet

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many of the life changing medical situations that patients face require a conversation about self care in order to optimize recovery. Additionally, caregivers are at high risk for burnout without a conversation about self care strategies. This resource walks through the conversation of what self-care means and looks like.
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Selected List of Common Movement Disorders

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Movement disorder terms can sometimes be confusing and hard to follow for clinicians, patients, and family members. This handout provides definitions of movement disorder terms with examples of how they may present. 
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Screening for Proprioceptive Deficits

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This screening tool provides a simple assessment and score sheet in order to detect deficits in proprioception. Multiple methods of testing are included.
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Sciatic Nerve Glides

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Nerve pain down the leg can be challenging to treat, especially if the pain cannot be reduced directly with low back related postures or movements. In these cases, sciatic nerve glides may be the best option to encourage gentle movement of the nerves that course into the lower part of the lower back. This intervention piece outlines how to perform sciatic nerve glides.
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Scar Management Techniques

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Scars can be a painful, uncomfortable, unsightly area of concern for many clients after an injury. Scar management can be an important part of recovery, and understanding various types of scar management and empowering your client to participate with this part of daily self care is integral to regaining independence.
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Scapular Dyskinesis: Conscious Muscle Control and Mass Movement Patterns

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Impaired scapular movement is commonly associated with shoulder dysfunction. This handout provides three of the top conscious muscle control exercises to properly orient the scapula for improved posture, increased stabilization, and improved rotation during functional movement of the shoulder. This handout also provides mass movement patterns to improve scapular range of motion for functional reaching patterns.
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