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03.14.10
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Turning on the Brainpower! : The transformative potential of cognitive rehabilitation
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Cognitive training, or “brain training” has become one of the most well-researched and effective ways to help people who have impaired cognitive functioning due to head injury, strokes, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, and age-related impairments. Furthermore, a growing number of health professionals are discovering that their computers can be an indispensable partner in a cognitive behavioral therapy approach.
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03.12.10
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Starting Down the Path: The promise and challenge of electronic health records in therapy
| MT, Nursing, NT, OT, PT, RT, SLP
Electronic health records (EHRs) are coming to the practice of therapy sooner, rather than later. The use of this technology raises a host of practical, ethical, and legal questions that therapists should consider. Take a look at the promise and challenges posed by the transition to EHRs.
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02.28.10
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Getting Behind the Wheel: Part 1: The Senior Tsunami
| OT
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there will be 40 million drivers aged 65 and older on the road by 2020. By 2030, they expect that number to almost double, estimating nearly 70 million people – one in five drivers – to be 65 or older.
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02.25.10
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Employees Under the Microscope: Background checking for healthcare professionals
| OT
A background check generally serves to verify an applicant’s information and qualifications for a specific job. But in healthcare, employers need to be extra cautious when hiring. Learn how today's employers are conducting thorough background checks to ensure hiring the best person for the job.
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02.14.10
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Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Today’s trends in gait rehabilitation
| OT, PT
With the average adult taking more than 2,500 steps per day per foot, one bad gait behavior repeated millions of times could have a devastating effect on the muscles, nerves, and joints. In an effort to curtail long-term damage, today’s physical therapists and occupational therapists are mixing some tried-and-true techniques with new technology intended to increase endurance, strengthen muscles, and improve coordination and balance.
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02.13.10
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An Out-of-This-World Therapy Experience: The impact of Cosmo’s Learning Systems for children with disabilities
| OT, SLP
Speech and occupational therapists working with children with early language and cognitive delays have often been frustrated by an inability to continually engage the patient in therapy activities. Recently, however, an educational and rehabilitation tool has become available from At KidSystems. Developed with end-user feedback from therapists, educators, children, and parents, this new tool is intended to engage the child in a variety of settings, including the classroom, clinic, and home environments.
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01.31.10
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Searching for the Right Device: How OTs help determine what patients need for independence
| OT
With the increasing speed at which technology advances nowadays, there is little surprise at the sheer number of items that can fall under the assistive technology category, including wheelchairs and canes to verbal communicators and speech-recognition devices. Regardless of the form assistive tech takes, each device requires a certain amount of training to be able to use it correctly and effectively. This is where today's OTs take up the mantle, selecting and making recommendations for which devices will work best for the patient.
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01.30.10
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An Invention from the Heart: The development of the Sock-eez assistive device
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Plagued by limited mobility and reach, the elderly and the physically-challenged have often remarked on the difficulty in removing their compression hose without caregiver assistance. However, when this dilemma struck one family, they struck back with an innovative design – Sock-eez™, an assisted daily living dressing aid was developed and designed for those who suffer from lymphodema, deep vein thrombosis, arthritis and edema.
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01.17.10
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Wheel in the Hope: Mobility issues in today’s day habilitation programs
| OT, PT
It may surprise many to learn that a wheelchair is not the confining and freedom-less space that many think of it as. For many individuals, it is the main source of independence and freedom. Read to learn how working with clients and selecting the proper wheelchair to fit their needs is one of the most significant and rewarding aspects of being a therapist at the Arc of Monroe County in Rochester, N.Y.
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01.16.10
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Getting Beneath the Surface: Managing soft tissue injuries with the Graston Technique
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In the healing process from injury, our bodies ultimately repair muscles, tendons and ligaments by laying down scar tissue. However, scar tissue is not as strong or flexible as the normal, healthy, undamaged tissue and over time, it can build up and become fibrous and knotted – this can lead to pain and dysfunction. Today, an innovative technique is making headway in diagnosing and treating these adhesions using a collection of six stainless steel tools.
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Bill Cummins, MS, CCC-SLP, discusses the Cypress Therapy software from AccuMed Technology Solutions, which provides a library of documentation templates, including daily notes, weekly summaries, initial and monthly plans of progress, and discipline-specific evaluations, as well as Cypress Mobile software in which therapists enter treatment data as they work with patients, running on any handheld device using the Windows Mobile® operating system Cypress Therapy software integrates, manages, and displays information for therapists, managers, and business office staff.
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