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Bladder Irritants and Nocturia Prevention Strategies

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Nocturia has a significant impact on sleep quality. This handout provides strategies to prevent nocturia through lifestyle modification and a list of common bladder irritants to avoid.
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Birthday Shopping on a Budget

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
During this cognitive task, the patient will read a birthday gift scenario and select various items to meet the set budget. This task will target attention to detail, planning, decision making, and financial planning.
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Bipolar Disorder

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Managing a mental health diagnosis can be a lifelong learning process. This handout explains the bipolar diagnosis, common characteristics of manic and depressive episodes, expectations for symptoms and management, and treatment options including the role of OT.
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Benefits of Proper Wheelchair Positioning

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout includes caregiver education regarding the benefits of proper wheelchair positioning. Includes such benefits as fall reduction, improved intake, reduced risk of aspiration, improved skin integrity, pain reduction, and increased ADL independence. Aim is to improve caregiver attention and follow through for use of the proper seating system and timely repositioning.
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Batch Cooking for Energy Conservation

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Cooking three times a day, every day, can be overwhelming to plan, prep, and execute. As occupational therapy practitioners, we have tools to improve efficiency and independence with daily tasks. This session material describes reasons for batch cooking, helpful hints/tips to improve efficiency, and ideas for meals that work well in larger batches. You may give it to the client for review and use any part for your session, including actual meal preparation, or functional cognitive training such as preparing a meal prep calendar or practice in multiplying a recipe.
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Basilar Stroke

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The brain is complex and therefore injuries to the brain are also complex. This document helps outline what you would expect to see if someone had a basilar or brainstem stroke.
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Basic Lower Extremity Seated Exercises

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Do you have a patient who is not safe to stand without assistance? This document offers a generic exercise program with only seated exercises. The document is great for health fairs, low level home exercise programs, and safe activities to increase activity tolerance for individuals with significant impairment.
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Baking Recipe Math and Substitution Considerations

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
There are many patients who enjoy baking and want to return to this task. However, baking requires accurate measurements of ingredients for a tasty finished product. There can be quite a bit of math skills required and other thinking considerations if ingredient substitutions are needed. This activity addresses baking math with some practical situations and questions.
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Autonomic Dysreflexia Emergency Cards

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many people, including emergency departments and medical personnel, may be unfamiliar with autonomic dysreflexia. This handout provides a template to create an alert card explaining autonomic dysreflexia and an emergency medical information card providing important client information for anyone with a spinal cord injury. This template can be used as an intervention activity to improve health literacy and emergency preparedness.
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