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Tub Bench Alternatives

October 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource discusses alternatives to a tub bench for clients who live in a situation where a tub bench just won’t work!
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Adaptive Bathroom Upgrades With a Stability Focus

September 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
What does an adaptive bathroom look like? Spark a conversation with this sketch that depicts all of the adaptive bathroom upgrades that ensure stability and less likelihood of falls. This handout can be shared with contractors to help visualize installation of grab bars.
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Making the Most Out of Your Long-term Cancer Hospitalization

August 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Inspire your patients to engage in OT during long-term hospital stays with this handout. Instead of discharging these patients from occupational therapy care, there is great opportunity to provide meaningful intervention and connection during a lengthy hospital stay. OT intervention can promote dignity during a very challenging time.
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Spinal Surgery and Occupational Therapy

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout provides information about recovery from spinal surgery through an OT perspective. It covers pre-surgery considerations, spinal precautions, and safe completion of various ADLs.
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Cognitive Strategies Framework for Cleaning and Home Organization

April 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This is a framework for cognitive strategies while referencing a functional spring cleaning and home organization checklist to improve independence and accuracy for patients with cognitive communication deficits that impact attention, organization, problem-solving, and executive function tasks.
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Gift Card Calculations

December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This cognitive-linguistic task provides an opportunity for problem solving by using gift cards to make decisions about a coffee shop menu and ordering a book.
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Finding Medication Box Errors Set #3

December 31, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
The third in our series of locating med box errors, this activity challenges people to spot missing/extra pills given a set of prescription labels and pill shapes/colors.
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