This quarter in school we are delving into the world of geriatrics. Our first assignment was to use the internet to find a statistic about our aging population. The statistic I found is that Americans’ longevity continues to increase, although life expectancy at age 65 in the United States is lower than that of other industrialized countries. ...

I hope that everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July. With the holiday over my stress level has increased. I picked up some extra hours for the month of July to cover a co-workers vacation and in two weeks I start back to school. With these new hours I am working in a new practice area. I am working in a long term care hospital, it is state ...

Once again Occupational Therapy has made the top career list for 2009.  Yay us!!!   There is even mention of how Occupational Therapists are now being used as consultants for building developers.  We've come a long way baby!! The article reports that the majority of OT's work in hospitals and home health care companies and ...