Occupational Therapy Education
Tips for the OTP: Help Your Patient Return to Driving After Illness or Injury.
๐บ๏ธ Driving in an unfamiliar area without GPS is stressful. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ. Navigating the return to driving without support or guidance creates more stress and frustration than is necessary. As an OTP, youโre uniquely positioned to support these clients with expertise and empathy,…
Read MoreTips 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.…
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 MoreSusie’s Journey – Creating an Ideal Life
Everything happens for a reason. In 2018, I woke up to an early calendar invite from human resources. In that moment, I new my life was about to change.ย I was working as the director ofย a growing driver rehabilitation program with a major rehab company. Never had I anticipated being part of the huge…
Read MoreWhy In-Person Training is Monumentally Important for OTs in Driver Rehab Practices
As OTs we value education & training that includes coursework and fieldwork. Frankly, the combination of the two is what weโve known since our undergraduate days.ย In the specialty area of driver rehab, where OTs learn to assess driverโs abilities, then train/retrain drivers using adaptive equipment, both coursework and in-person training are absolutely essential!ย __________________________________________________…
Read MoreBuilding Your Driver Rehab Practice
Tips & Resources for Establishing Systems Chances are that you entered the world of driving rehab because you were passionate about helping others reach their driving goals. It is less likely that you began this journey in order to enjoy all of the paperwork, systems, infrastructure, and policies required to run a business.ย Well, fear…
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