Adult resources

1,838 printable resources for adult patients and clients, for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists: handouts, therapy materials, clinical references and evaluation tools. The full library is included in a Therapy Insights membership.

Prognosis After Brain Injury

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This resource describes prognosis of improvement and recovery following brain injury.
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Problem-Solving Approach to Reduce Dementia Related Behaviors

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AdultOTSLPDementia
This piece describes challenging behaviors and how the environment, caregiver, and person with dementia may trigger an increase of behaviors. Also provided is a non-pharmacological problem-solving approach to reduce or eliminate dementia related behaviors.
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Handout

Prevention of Falls from Bed

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Adult
This resource explains common reasons that clients fall from bed and utilizes a detailed and thorough approach to environmental, caregiver, and client interventions to reduce the risks.
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Handout

Pressure Sores

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
Inform patients them of the risks of pressure sores and improve understanding of the importance of avoiding the injury.
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Handout

Presbyphonia: The Aging Voice

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AdultSLPVoice
This handout explains presbyphonia, or “the aging voice,” what specific structures of the body change, and how to seek medical treatment if the person’s quality of life is being affected by these vocal changes.
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Clinical Reference

Precautions and Contraindications to Spinal Manual Therapy

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AdultOrthopaedics
Manual therapy is frequently used to treat spine related pain by therapists, osteopaths and chiropractors. This resource outlines contraindications to spinal manual therapy and is a helpful quick resource to review when in doubt about using manual therapy.
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Handout

Post Traumatic Amnesia

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This handout helps explain what PTA is, describes characteristics of a person in a PTA state, length of PTA state with a correlation of severity of brain injury, and ways to help a person in a PTA state.
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Handout

Post Concussion Syndrome

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AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
This handout explains the symptoms, possible causes and risk factors, and prevention suggestions.
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Positioning Guidelines After a Stroke

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AdultOTStroke
This visual guide shows the 4 most common positions: seated in a chair/wheelchair, lying in supine, lying on the affected side, and lying on the unaffected side, with simple explanations.
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Clinical Reference

Plantar Heel Pain Differential Diagnosis

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AdultOrthopaedics
This handout lays out the incidence, symptoms, and signs for the following diagnoses: Plantar fasciitis (PF), fat-pad atrophy (FPA), pes cavus, plantar fasciitis with fat-pad atrophy, and pes planus.
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