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The Exploration of Occupational Therapy Interventions to Address Sedentary Behavior and Pain Among Older Adults (2020)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study utilized a one-group pretest and posttest design to determine the feasibility of the study intervention. Comparisons from pretest to posttest were made to detect any changes in sedentary behavior, activity levels, and reported pain. Participants were recruited from two Midwest assisted living facilities. The inclusion criteria consisted of older adults aged 50 years […]
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Do Health-Care Professionals Really Understand the Role of Occupational Therapy in Hospice Care? (2018)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The final sum of 104 healthcare professionals from 31 different states were considered in this study. The participants included 11 physicians (10.7%), 23 registered nurses (22.3%), 10 social workers (9.7%), 5 physical therapists (4.9%), 23 occupational therapists (22.3%), and 31 (30.1%) other professionals. Other professionals consisted of certified OT assistants (n = 2), spiritual counselors/chaplains […]
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Occupational Therapy Interventions to Improve Performance of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review (2018)

January 17, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The objective of this systematic review was to systematically search for, assess, and synthesize interventions within the scope of OT to improve community- dwelling older adults’ IADL performance. The focused question was, “What is the evidence for the effect of interventions within the scope of OT on the performance of selected IADLs for community-dwelling older […]
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Adjusting Challenge–Skill Balance to Improve Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2018)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
One concept that captures the psychological state for an activity is flow, defined as “the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990, […]
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Identification of Word Retrieval Difficulties in the Normally Aging Population (2021)

January 14, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many studies compare the word-finding speeds of younger and older populations of people. Younger populations typically outperform category listing tasks, but the aging population does better with word generation for a specific letter. It is interesting because generating words for a category requires semantic retrieval, but generating a phoneme requires non-meaningful generation. The semantic retrieval […]
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Inadequate Fluid Intake in Long Term Care Residents: Prevalence and Determinants (2018)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Previous research suggests that half of the LTC residents may be dehydrated. Dehydration is a form of malnutrition. The treatment of other illnesses can be complicated by dehydration including urinary tract and pulmonary infections, kidney stones, hyperthermia, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, and thrombo-embolic compilation. About 60% of LTC residents are hospitalized for dehydration complications and are […]
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Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Benefit From Audiovisual Speech Cues and Supportive Sentence Context (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Audiovisual (AV) speech cues, such as lip movements and facial information, are helpful to provide additional visual information and context for speech. Individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) benefit from this AV information to help support speech comprehension. Face-to-face communication and additional context information will support communication with individuals with MCI […]
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Sleep Supports Memory and Learning: Implications for Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Memory is involved in every task completed throughout the day. Our memory acquisition, maintenance, and information retrieval allow us to be successful with home, school, work, and community responsibilities. If our patients can recall and apply newly learned strategies, they can be generalized outside of the therapy room. Good sleep helps with this memory process […]
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Smart Home Technology to Promote Independence

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
There are many technological tools that can assist people as they age so that they can stay at home as safely and as independently as possible. This handout provides 5 considerations for patients and their families to consider.
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Questions to Consider When Recommending Adaptive Strategies

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Occupational therapists are skilled at adaptation, however, sometimes clinicians go straight into recommending adaptive strategies without identifying what will be best for the patient/caregiver. This handout provides important questions to ask when considering the use of adaptive strategies with neurodegenerative disorders.
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