This resource distills current recommendations for diabetic diets into an easy to replicate format and incorporates these guidelines into OT session cooking tasks to combine education and home management training. This aims to improve confidence and independence, and prevent the progression of diabetic symptoms. To be used in collaboration with licensed dietitians.
Meal prep may only be achievable via simplified methods in the facility – due to isolation, restrictions, or kitchen appliance availability. These ideas and recipes may be used during a treatment session and given to the client.
Spasticity and high muscle tone can cause significant discomfort and frustration. This tool is built to help guide a patient through methods to assist in decreasing their spasticity.
This handout for family and loved ones gives ideas for connecting with your loved one from afar during times of COVID-19, physical distancing, or over long distances.
This resource describes two styles of transfer techniques for a client requiring maximal or greater assistance. Staff may feel apprehensive attempting this type of transfer and it offers a step-by-step guide as well as modifications to consider based on the client’s abilities. May also be used for facility transfer inservices or caregiver education.
This make-your-own board is for people who would benefit from visual step-by-step instructions for dressing and bathing. Cut out steps that pertain to individual patients and place them on a board in a customized sequence.
This legible, colorful, and graphics-based pain scale allows nursing and other care-giving staff to communicate with their patients about their level of pain throughout the day for the purposes of pain management.
This resource outlines a variety of low-cost ideas to engage older adults in leisure activities. It provides a number of assessments that OTs can use to assess levels of engagement in leisure activities.