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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...

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...

We are making progress in learning about the extrinsic factors that cause wound development. We tackled prolonged pressure but now we have to move onto a...

It was important for us as therapists to be able to identify the common areas of skin breakdown due to prolonged pressure from last week’s blog on "What...

A pressure map is a tool often used in seating evaluations and/or fittings to assess the downward pressures of a seated surface. It is simply a pad with...

As a therapist I am used to having tools to measure or evaluate my patients’ physical status and environmental conditions. These tools give me a baseline...