by Lexie | Sep 26, 2023 | ADLs, Evaluation
Toileting skills are essential for maintaining independence and overall quality of life, and occupational therapists play a crucial role in helping individuals develop and improve these skills. Toileting includes 3 main components: transfer, clothing management, and...
by Lexie | Sep 23, 2023 | ADLs, Evaluation
Occupational therapists tailor their interventions based on the specific needs and abilities of each individual. The goal is to promote independence and improve the quality of life by enabling individuals to participate in the essential activity of self-feeding to the...
by Lexie | Sep 22, 2023 | ADLs, Evaluation
Self Feeding Overview Self-feeding is an essential daily living skill that occupational therapists often work on with individuals who may have difficulty due to physical, cognitive, or sensory impairments. To promote independence in self-feeding, therapists assess and...
by Lexie | Jan 26, 2023 | Evaluation
As occupational therapy practitioners, ADLs are our bread and butter. They are the occupations that give us the title of occupational therapists. ADLs are Activities of Daily Living, basic tasks that people do every day to function. IADLs are Instrumental...
by Lexie | Jan 19, 2023 | Cardiac, Evaluation, Precautions
Definition of Precaution: Action taken to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening. Sternal precautions are measures taken to prevent the structures involved in cardiac surgery, the sternum or “breastbone”, from injury after surgery....
