Study Suggests Taking Regular Vacations Improves Life
Considering a travel healthcare career? It might just be the best way to improve your overall well-being. It’s no secret that going on trips and vacations makes Americans happy, but now there’s an actual study that proves it. According to the study released by Gallup: “Vacation frequency a better predictor of well-being than income” “49% percent of Americans take regular trips or vacations” The...
Choosing the Right Travel Therapy Company
The first step before you even look online for a travel therapy position is to first understand what you should be looking for. Let’s face it, all travel therapy companies are not created equal. There’s a lot of options to be considered when you are first planning on working with organizations that fill physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology travel jobs. And, quality of travel therapy...
Detecting Alzheimer’s Early
More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s. That number is expected to grow three times by 2050. With so many people afflicted with the disease, a couple groups of researchers nationwide are currently working on finding a way to detect Alzheimer’s early on. Occupational therapists see the pain that this disease can be for both the patient and their families on a personal level. Cognitive abilities are impacted and...
Ways to Winterize Arthritis Workouts
One excuse that people give for not working out is the weather. The old: “Oh, I would workout, but then it snowed.” But, just because the weather outside might be frightful, it doesn’t mean you can’t make your indoor exercise delightful. It’s particularly important for you to be knowledgeable on some easy indoor exercises to recommend to your therapy patients. It’s important to be active year round,...
Top 10 Winter Activities to do with OT Patients
In celebration of the first snowfall of this upcoming (for most people–dreadful) winter season, at least in some parts across the nation, we thought it’d be the perfect time to show your creative side off with some fun winter activities you can do with patients! Most of the ideas are child-directed, but elderly OT patients can enjoy them as well! All of the activities work on patient’s fine motor skills and...