Features include:
• Room-by-room walk through to evaluate and modify safety of the home
• Photographs of modifications from patients’ homes
• Recommendations for the best home medical equipment
• Where to obtain services and additional helpful resources
• Check list for the reader to complete their own room by room walk through with a quick and easy guide to making each space safe and manageable
• “Hacks for Health and Home” at the end of each chapter with occupational therapy tips
• Vital Documents Guide for easy retrieval of important papers in case of an emergency
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781945188183
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bull Publishing Company
Publication Date: 04-04-2018
Pages: 216
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
About the Author
Lynda Shrager, OTR, MSW, CAPS is the author of Otherwise Healthy® - A Planner to Focus Your Thoughts on Organizing Life after Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Her newspaper column "Mom’s Rx", appeared in the Hearst daily Albany Times Union for over 10 years and appeared in countless newspapers across the country. In 2009 Lynda became a featured columnist for Everyday Health (everydayhealth.com), one of the country’s leading online consumer health web sites. For over thirty-seven years Lynda has practiced in the medical field of geriatric rehabilitation, focusing on all aspects of senior health and wellness. Lynda combines her expertise as an occupational therapist, master’s level social worker, professional organizer and certified aging in place specialist to pursue her passion of providing therapeutic care in the patient’s home environment and in educating their caregivers.
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