Occupational Therapy

As an OT student, we are sure to get slep deprivation at one point or another. Well, most of the time during school term. Here is a website from SHAPE, which measures your degree of sleep deprivation.
URL: http://www.shape.com/tools/calc/sleep/
Once you know the results, it is best if we could adjust our time to get more sleep.

Great introduction to sensory integration.

I was reading through one of the OT blogs in my Links and I found a useful site which the author have found.
URL: http://bloggingot.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/helpful-guide-for-planning-ot-treatments/
The OT Plan is really useful for OTstudents and practitioners alike to get more ideas on treatment planning and modalities. It’s simple! Just click on the area you want to tackle. Click [...]

According Graff et al (2006), occupational therapy(OT) improved patients’ daily functioning and reduced the burden on the care giver, despite the patients’ limited learning ability. The effects were still present at 12 weeks, which justifies implementation of this intervention.
The following websites give a comprehensive view on OT interventions for dementia management.
URL:
http://coa.kumc.edu/gec/modules/BehavDisorder/OccupationalTherapy/OT_Frame-ModContent-IA.htm
http://etgec.utmb.edu/dementia/ot_therapist.html
http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/files/ot_intervention.pdf
For a read into the research article [...]

This is one of the behavioural issues that may come with dementia. This is exactly what happens to my granduncle who was recently diagnosed with dementia. He roamed around naked in his neighbourhood in his village at midnight, knocking on people’s doors.
And due to the challenging nature of these baheviours, caregivers may find it taxing to [...]