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THE NEW OLD AGE The Pandemic Has Made Many Seniors Less Active
Great article from the NYTimes – very relevant for all therapists who work with seniors. Health experts are concerned that the pandemic, in upending daily
CVS Introduces New Line Of ‘Functional And Stylish’ Home Health Products That Makes Everyday Life More Accessible For Aging Adults And Disabled People
I love this announcement for so many reasons. Being a therapist , we know for some patients there is a barrier to use certain products
You’re Going to Work a Long Time. Here’s How to Build in Breaks.
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
Cognitive Rehab: One Patient’s Painstaking Path Through Long Covid Therapy
Reprinted from the NYTimes December 3rd 2021 – Written by Pam Belluck who is a health and science writer whose honors include sharing a Pulitzer
Where are the OTs Jumping All Over This??? Living with A.D.H.D.?? A Coach Could Help
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 Story Can Be Short But Powerful – Of Wings and Wind – Reprinted from the NYTimes Tiny Love Stories
Of Wings and Wind – November 2 2021 My daughter was 2 when she was fitted for her first wheelchair. I cried because I feared
Power Women: Jessica Chinn McMurdie of Stepping Stones Therapy Network On How to Successfully Navigate Work, Love and Life As A Powerful Woman
Check out this inspirational interview with OT Jessica Chinn McMurdie – it is great to see the next generation of OT Entrepreneurs take shape: Here
Disability Tools That Go Mainstream
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
A Very Cautionary Tale – Nine Therapists Arrested 10/26/2021 in NYC In Scheme To Defraud Program For Disabled Children
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,