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…Read the story How Can Occupational Therapy Help Me Optimize My Environment for Parkinson’s? When you’re living alone with Parkinson’s, it’s critical that you create a safe environment for yourself….
Relationships, Community, and Parkinson’s Positive relationships and supportive environments can play a significant role when you’re facing adversity. The better our relationships, the better our health, outlook on life, and…
…an older age. You might be soaring in your career, expecting a baby, raising multiple school-age children at home, and/or getting ready to buy your first house. These are different…
…healthier, and environmentally conscious housing options. Among their many features, these homes are designed to make reconfiguration easy; walls can be shifted and removed to convert from a single-family home…
…of falling. Fortunately, there are many adaptations within the home to address these symptoms. By designing spaces that target specific hazard areas and are easier to navigate, your home environment…
…the home not solely around functional issues but also social, environmental, and even technological ones. This realization led to an even broader assessment of our home. We looked at the…
…of those with Parkinson’s. “Setting Up Your Home Environment to Live Well with Parkinson’s” is a four-part series presenting philosophies, strategies, and design recommendations to make homes safer, more efficient,…
…continue to live in your home and avoid hospitalizations and assisted living environments. An OT can help you devise strategies and skills to achieve this goal. Home Assessments An important…
…is that nearly 50% of these folks had a part-time home health aide or some other caregiver, but nearly 13% of people that we saw in home visits lived alone…
…environment, from what we see. The other is that inner ear, which I touched on a little bit, the vestibular system and then sensory information we get from feet or…
…somebody’s house and sees in their home environment. That’s the gold standard. That’s what we’re trying to strive for. And then how do we get to that? And some cases,…