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When we do a chart review on a resident before going in for an evaluation, we often see LTC residents with a dementia diagnosis. Our brains...

In the nursing home, I often felt, as the head OT, I was expected to be not only a therapist but also a miracle worker.

More times than we would like to admit, when we think of wound development, our minds automatically think PRESSURE. That is not entirely wrong as pressure...

As we age, many changes occur to our muscles, bones, and joints. Our body becomes very rigid –like an ironing board – instead of moving in...

How many times do we get a referral for “Mr. Smith” because he has an increase in lower extremity (LE) swelling, and the nursing home would like you to...

"All we have to do is get a new cushion when there are seating issues."

We often get referrals for nursing home residents who are sitting poorly in their chairs. At first glance, we see a person all hunched over in the chair,...

To continue our discussion on misconceptions of wheelchair positioning in the LTC setting, I want to focus on a common positioning myth. It goes hand in...

In last week’s blog we acknowledged how exhausting working in LTC settings can be due to all the hats a LTC therapist must wear. We are expected to be...

Working in long term care (LTC) can be difficult because we as LTC therapists are expected to be specialists in just about everything we can specialize...