OPPORTUNITIES AND GUIDANCE
Great article from the NYTimes – very relevant for all therapists who work with seniors. Health experts are concerned that the pandemic, in upending daily routines, has reduced mobility and physical conditioning in older adults. Reprinted from the NYTimes 2/5/2022 Paula Span In normal times, Cindy Myers, an executive at a nonprofit organization, is “not …
THE NEW OLD AGE The Pandemic Has Made Many Seniors Less Active Read More »
Living longer can mean having a longer career, whether by choice or necessity. Stopping and starting isn’t easy, but it might be worth it. Reprinted from the NYTimes by Ron Lieber December 11 2021 You’re probably going to need to work longer than you imagined when you were first starting out. After all, you might live …
You’re Going to Work a Long Time. Here’s How to Build in Breaks. Read More »
Reprinted from the NYTimes December 3rd 2021 – Written by Pam Belluck who is a health and science writer whose honors include sharing a Pulitzer Prize and winning the Nellie Bly Award for Best Front Page Story. She is the author of Island Practice, a book about an unusual doctor. @PamBelluck There is sobering evidence …
Cognitive Rehab: One Patient’s Painstaking Path Through Long Covid Therapy Read More »
Reprinted from the NYTimes October 2021 By Christina Caron. This has been something I have been talking about for years. Wake up OTs!! This is a great niche market others will capture if you don’t. There is no mention of OT in this article. Managing A.D.H.D. Is Hard.These Coaches Want to Help. A growing crop …
Where are the OTs Jumping All Over This??? Living with A.D.H.D.?? A Coach Could Help Read More »
Of Wings and Wind – November 2 2021 My daughter was 2 when she was fitted for her first wheelchair. I cried because I feared the wheelchair meant a lifetime of dependence and frustration. When it arrived, I grimaced at its pink metal frame. But not my daughter! Her face lit up. Even then, its …
Check out this inspirational interview with OT Jessica Chinn McMurdie – it is great to see the next generation of OT Entrepreneurs take shape: Here is the link to the full interview on Medium.
Reprinted from the NYTimes 10/18/2021 By Shira Ovide Do you love audiobooks? “You have blind people to thank for that,” said Catherine Kudlick, director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. The godfather of the book being read aloud through your smartphone headphones was Talking Books, the records developed in the 1930s in …
Reprinted from the Smithtown News A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Marsiste Adolphe, Margaret Dominique-McLain, Mercedes Falcon, Tracy Gibson, Roselee Johnson, Jeannette Monclova, Manuel Moore, Kikelomo Ogundiran, and Dino Paolicelli with stealing more than $3 million from the New York State Early Intervention Program (the “EIP”), including more than …
Reprinted from the NYTimes September 3rd 2021 By Susan B. Garland Few retirement issues are as complex and controversial as Social Security and the strategies people can use to maximize their benefits. So we were not surprised that an article The New York Times published in June on how women can make the most of Social Security …
We all have watershed moments in life. Turning points, and exact moments that change the direction of an activity or situation and usually the direction of one’s life. Typically considered momentous, though often recognized only in hindsight. The longer you live, the more watershed moments you experience and integrate into the landscape of your life. …
The Intersection of the 20th Anniversary of 9-11, COVID-19 and Therapists Today Read More »
OPPORTUNITIES AND GUIDANCE