I'm posting this for our whole department as well as our rehab manager, a PT. We are an OT department consisting of 3 full-time OTRs, 1 part-time OTR & COTA. One COTA will hopefully be back from a leave of absence at the end of April and one OTR will hopefully be hired soon to replace an OTR who recently resigned. Our department covers an ...

I'm wondering if anyone has been creative enough to come up with a way for men to get the closeness of a manual-shave without using a straightforward manual-razor.  The right-side weakness and decreased dexterity remain, and yet six years post-CVA this is the thing that really bothers this sweet guy - he just wants his smooth-shaven ...

I'm about to begin writing a proposal addressed to our hospital's Ladies Auxilliary to purchase a Wii system for our SNF.  Anyone have any thought's or opnions?  I googled many, many articles regarding the benefits of the sports games in OT and will reference these in the proposal.  I would like to find a few more case studies on ...

Thank you!  I will definitely look into the USC course.  Have you considered getting on a PRN list for area SNF's to call when a patient is being sent home alone or with little assistance?  They're usually to swamped to do the home visits themselves.  Where are you located?  I also wanted to get involved with the area ...

I'm interested to hear from any COTAs working in the area of Home Assessments/Modifications.  How did you get started?  Are you doing it for a Rehab/SNF employer?  Has anyone gone through the AbilitiesOT continuing ed classes?  Was it valuable? And most importantly are you enjoying it?  Thanks Melanie