Driving Retirement
Tips for the OTP: How to Talk to My Patient About Driving Retirement
๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด? ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ. Driving retirement often becomes a traumatic loss of independence where clients and their families are left to figure out their next stepsโฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.…
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Penn Memory Empowering Caregivers Series Addresses Driving and Dementia Susie Touchinsky, a distinguished occupational therapist and certified driver rehabilitation specialist, shines as she shares her insights during the Penn Memory Empowering Caregivers Series on Friday, October 27, 2023. Penn Memory Empower Caregiver Series The Penn Memory Empowering Caregivers Workshop Series is a dedicated initiative to…
Read MorePractitioner Strategies for Driving & Dementia – Supporting Successful Driving Retirement
Practitioner Strategies for Driving and Dementia – Supporting Successful Driving Retirement Over the past two decades, our understanding of dementia care and management has evolved significantly. As a result, valuable insights into the complex world of dementia, driving, and cognitive decline have emerged.ย In this blog, I will share key insights and practitioner strategies for driving…
Read MoreSafe Driving Tips for Transporting Grandchildren
Are you a grandparent lending a hand with transporting grandchildren? As offices across the country start to reopen, many parents return to the office for work, leaving grandparents in charge of childcare.ย This includes handling everyday tasks such as running errands, doctor appointments, and taking the kids to activities or other events. This also means…
Read MoreDriving Post-Stroke with a Left Foot Accelerator
Meet Michael. Michael has returned to driving post-stroke with a left foot accelerator! Please join me in congratulating Michael on passing his adaptive equipment driving test on a very cold and windy Tuesday! Michael is a young, very independent, hard-working father. About a month into the pandemic, he woke up, alone in his home, unable…
Read MoreACL (Allen Cognitive Lacing) for the Win!
And the Allen Cognitive Test (ACL) comes to the rescue again for a win!! Hello OT friends! I used the ACL (Allen Cognitive Lacing Test) to understand my client’s readiness to drive again! It is really a great tool. This time my client, had no more than an eighth-grade education and grew up as a…
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