OT's Role in Mental Health and Depression in a Physical Disability Setting
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Release Date: 06/28/2018
Let's Talk About Sex (Baby!) and Identity in the Older Adult
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Sex is an ADL! Do you address a client's sexuality or ask how they identify? These are the questions that we must ask ourselves in order to provide client centered care, keeping in mind AOTA’s Vision 2025: “As an inclusive profession, OT maximizes health, well-being and quality of life for all people, populations, and communities, through effective solutions that facilitate participation in everyday living." Guest Devlynn Neu MS OTR/L shares their passion for bringing awareness and unity within the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as helping OT practitioners feel comfortable addressing...
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The Biopsychosocial Model and Occupational Therapy
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
The biopsychosocial model and occupational therapy are the perfect match as they both focus on the biological, psychological, and social elements, as well as a person's individual experiences. It is often confused as being a biopsychosocial frame of reference, but it's not, as a model of practice helps organize a clinician's thinking and approach, vs a frame of reference is a tool to guide one's intervention. What I love about this model, is that it really puts the person first - but wait, I know what you are thinking, "I am an OT practitioner and I already do put my...
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The Caregiver Experience From a Personal OTA Perspective
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Caregiving is hard. Listen to the personal story Katherine Ayala OTA, shares about being a caregiver to both her mother and father while finishing up occupational therapy school. Stories like hers give us, as healthcare professionals, a perspective to help us love, forgive, strive and be the best we can be. A special thank you to Katherine for sharing her story. → 3 Key Takeaways Caregiving is a hard role, especially when it isn't a role you have planned. "Balance" is more than difficult to achieve and having family support helps. Caregiving can change...
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PDPM Q & A: Your Questions Answered!
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
The Patient Driven Payment System (PDPM) for occupational therapy practitioners in SNFs is a hot topic these days. I get questions about what does PDPM mean for therapy and what is PDPM's impact on therapy services all the time and listen to the stories on how this change of payment systems have impacted services provided and jobs. I was fortunate to be able to get some of your questions answered by Sabrena McCarley MBA-SL, OTR/L, CLIPP, RAC-CT, QCP, who not only presents the webinars for AOTA on PDPM, but eat, breathes and sleeps PDPM because of her positions as the Director of Quality,...
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Promoting OT, Advocating and Marketing Our Distinct Value
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
What do we need to do to promote occupational therapy? Do we have to? How do we define occupational therapy and what we "do" for our patients? Brock Cook OT, the host of the occupational therapy podcast, , and I dive into these questions and hash out how OT's distinct value is communicated in healthcare, with out patients, our coworkers and communities. Also, check out all the the occupational therapy podcasts at
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Occupation Based & Functional Treatment Ideas for OT's in a SNF
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Occupation based treatment ideas feel like they should come easy, but sometimes we as OT practitioners find barriers to getting creative and finding the occupations that are meaningful to our clients. Timisha Tross BS, COTA shares how it doesn't have to be hard to put more occupation, creativity and fun into your occupational therapy treatment sessions - especially if you are working in a skilled nursing facility. Resources: Timisha's ebook: Needing More Occupation Based Activity Ideas?
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OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
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Volunteering Internationally in Occupational Therapy
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Have you ever had wanted to volunteer internationally using your occupational therapy skills? Ever dream of exploring cultures, helping others, meeting like minded professionals or promote occupational therapy in foreign countries? In this episode, Sarah Putt MA, OTR/L and I talk about how she uses volunteering internationally to sharpen her critical thinking skills, creativity, and giving back to the occupational therapy profession. Resources Connect with Sarah on or download the → 3 Key Takeaways If you have an itch to use your occupational therapy skills by volunteering...
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Spirituality and Intuition in Occupational Therapy
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Even though there is a large percentage of the our current healthcare system does not often put a priority on spirituality and intuition outside of a typical hospital chaplain. Because occupational therapy looks at the "whole person," it is an important aspect of people's lives that we sometimes don't address. Some areas of OT practice integrate this more easily, such as , but given the fact that spirituality affects the health, healing and well-being of our patients, it is a necessary aspect of a person's identity as a person. Spirituality is included in the , implying the necessity of...
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Driving Retirement: Helping With the Transition
OT Flourish Podcast | Geriatric Occupational Therapy
Many know that occupational therapists help with driving rehab, but how about driving retirement? It is a HUGE shift to go from driving to not driving and what is our role in preparing our patients with this transition? The more we can help our patients explore alternative options, the easier it will be for them in the future. Terri Cassidy OTD, OTR/L, Certified Driving Rehab Specialist, discusses what this looks like, as well as how we can work on these goals for our patients to maintain as much independence in community mobility as possible! Resources from the show: Thank You For...
info_outlineAre you addressing depression with your patients that are older adults when working in a physical disability setting? In this week's Seniors Flourish Podcast Betweenisode, Mandy and Sarah chat about how it is imperative that we are listening to our patients and addressing their mental health in any setting. We also talk about how we can easily assess for depression and provide the resources our patients need.
Resources from the show:
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
OT’s role in mental health (AOTA)
Depression in older adults article (Mental Health America)
My OT Spot Mental Health blog post
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