A Voice in the OT Wilderness

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Saturday night’s alright for fightin’ November 9, 2009 8:10 PM by OTCM: Back in August, I blogged about my mother and her attitudes about death. Recently, we had the opportunity – if you can call it that – to examine the subtleties of her perspective, and how it is reflected in her advanced directive. Mom was taken to the Read More...
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ADL activity: baking a file into a cake September 8, 2009 4:04 PM by OTCM: As I mentioned in my 8/24/09 post, some people consider being placed in a nursing home (long-term care/LTC facility) tantamount to a life sentence in a prison. The stereotype is powerful enough to make some people view even assisted living facilities Read More...
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What more could an OT have done? August 31, 2009 5:17 PM by OTCM: An article in Aging Well Magazine 1 tells the story about an elderly woman named Margaret who, for nearly 8 years, managed to stay in her own home despite strenuous efforts to assign her to long-term-care (LTC) "before her time". The article describes Read More...
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Where's the OT advocacy in LTC? August 24, 2009 4:08 PM by OTCM: I've seen several articles this year that make me wonder how many OTs working in Long Term Care (LTC) settings are incorporating advocacy into their daily practices. Advocacy is an integral part of OT practice in several domains and processes described Read More...
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