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Sending out some love
Sending out some love
A shoutout to all caregivers: There is a bridge. It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind of giving care. Remember…love. Love is the bridge. Don’t forget to be kind to yourself–even if it’s 4 minutes to listen to a favorite song or read a poem.
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Failure to improve--An OT response to the NY Times article on Jimmo vs Sebelius.
Failure to improve–An OT response to the NY Times article on Jimmo vs Sebelius.
NY Times Article: Failure to Improve Let’s start with the basics: Medicare A will cover 100 days of SNF stay at 80% after the first 20 (or 21), which they pay at 100%. After 100 days, you will need to not utilize Medicare A services (Hospital, SNF/rehab, home health) for 60 days and then you are re-eligible for another 100 days. If you are still in SNF/rehab, you can continue to be seen…
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Occupational therapy practitioners how do you treat your younger or older colleagues? See the person and his/her talents not the number. There is much to be learned!
Validation Therapy vs Reality Orientation
Validation Therapy vs Reality Orientation
This. From Kim Warchol’s fabuous team at Dementia Care Specialists: Validation Therapy: Should You Enter Your Client’s World and Agree With Their Reality?
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Grief Comes in Waves
Grief Comes in Waves
“Alright, here goes. I’m old. What that means is that I’ve survived (so far) and a lot of people I’ve known and loved did not. I’ve lost friends, best friends, acquaintances, co-workers, grandparents, mom, relatives, teachers, mentors, students, neighbors, and a host of other folks. I have no children, and I can’t imagine the pain it must be to lose a child. But here’s my two cents. “I wish I…
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What do you picture when you think of a 90 year old? This IS what 90 years looks like.
Putting occupation into occupational therapy!
The dying process usually starts well before death actually occurs. Learn how to recognize the signs of approaching death.
Some of my best lessons in what it means to hold space for people came from a palliative care nurse.
Holding Space, “ What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome. When we hold space for other people, we open our hearts, offer unconditional support, and let go of judgement and control.”
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There are about 100,000 men and women with chronic critical illness in the United States, and this number is only expected to grow.
Chronic Critical Illness
There are about 100,000 men and women with chronic critical illness in the United States, and this number is only expected to grow.
Chronic Critical Illness
All you occupational therapy practitioners out there. Keep making a difference!
OT Month Draws to a Close All you occupational therapy practitioners out there. Keep making a difference!
Caregiving the Nonagenarian and Bad Advice
Caregiving the Nonagenarian and Bad Advice
I became an OT later in life and during school shifted my interest to older adults. Some of my classmates expressed fear of the diseases of old age, as if they were contagious. My parents were aging and I felt that kind hearts were needed to work with this population and whatever I learned on the job would be useful in helping aging parents and in-laws. My father passed away leaving Mom alone…
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(via The Gift of Presence, the Perils of Advice) “ Here’s the deal. The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is. When we make that kind of deep bow to the soul of a suffering person, our respect reinforces the soul’s healing resources, the only resources that can help the sufferer make it through....”
President Obama will soon sign legislation reauthorizing the Older Americans Act, which will help provide essential services and programs to the needy.
What's in the new OAA? Funds for meal delivery, programs to combat elder abuse, and so much more
We celebrate every moment in an infant’s journey but are repelled by similar helplessness in the elderly.
“What we really need is to love the old as we do the new and celebrate the end as we the beginning.”
What kind of adventures produce goodness, rather than build résumés?
”It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral — whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love?”