CELEBRATE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY!

2. Memory, sequencing and problem solving are all things an OT may work on with a resident to improve this.
5. These assist residents who have tremors or poor coordination with self feeding.
6. OTs may ask a resident to perform a difficult task involving small objects to improve this.
8. This allows residents to independently perform their lower body dressing.
14. A modality used to improve muscle function, decrease pain, and promote healing
17. After treating a resident, the OT will have to do this in order to keep accurate records of what has occurred.
18. An OT may teach this to a resident involving distribution of weight enabling them to remain upright and steady.
20. OTs perform strengthening and balance exercises to increase these.

1. Dressing, Toileting, Self care and bathing are all examples of these.
3. A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.
4. This is an important part of everyday life that an OT will teach a resident to do safely.
7. A form of therapy that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life.
9. OTs provide splints and perform range of motion to decrease the risk of these.
10. A modality to produce heat in a part of the body by high-frequency electric currents, to stimulate circulation, relieve pain or decrease muscle tone.
11. A strip of stiff material used for supporting and immobilizing a broken or decreasing muscle contracture.
12. The ability to determine potential hazards to yourself or others.
13. An OT may work on this with a patient using a walker/cane and enforcing safety awareness.
15. An OT may provide a special cushion to prevent the resident from developing this.
16. This piece of adaptive equipment allows residents to retrieve items that they otherwise can't.
19. This is Occupational Therapy Month