Call to Action: Overcoming Language Barriers
Many moons ago (Over 20 years ago), I was once a bilingual diagnostician. My job for the school system was to assess school age children In Spanish and compare it…
OT friend/colleague; a bond that lasts a lifetime
I feel like OTs are unicorns because of their magical skills of creativity and ingenuity to increase patients’ independence. The rapport between an OT and a patient is so tight,…
PROMise to use PROMS
When I was in outpatient I had a 65 year old who was a retired data analyst and very active prior to a right hemisphere CVA. He had executive…
Interview with Licensed Professional Counselor, Jennifer Bommer
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Bommer, a Licensed Professional Counselor and private practice owner of Texas Neuro Trauma Counseling, PLLC www.txneuro.org. She was very informative in expanding on…
Task Specific
According to the ACRM (American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine) SIG for Brain injury, task specific treatment in memory is the practice standard for more severe memory impairments. The brain injury…
Empathy
I’m sure you’ve encountered a patient and spouse in your office or at bedside crying about their situation and how this CVA has destroyed their life. The patient is aphasic…
SMART New Year
New year resolutions remind me of SMART goals because if made by the patient they are ambitious and can be unrealistic. But wait, I’m guilty of that too! We are…