IT Sector Offers Game Therapy for Stroke Survivors
... sector offers game therapy for stroke survivors Nadiia Piontkivska, a recreation therapist at Oberig hospital that offers rehabilitation programs for stroke survivors in Kyiv, is sure “gaming therapy can augment the main treatment.” “It's a good motivation tool,” Piontkivska adds. “We also have some … Read more on Kyiv Post Sailability and stroke rehabilitation Roger Rees, Emeritus Professor of Disability Research at Flinders University in Adelaide, talks about the Australian Sailability project, which involves people with disabilities such as stroke or other brain injuries participating in sailing in a two … Read more on ABC Online Read ...
Sailing to Better Stroke Rehabilitation
... to better stroke rehabilitation Consider Geoffrey, a fifty-five year old lawyer who has had a severe stroke following a bleed which affected the left frontal part of his brain and which seriously impaired the motor and cognitive loop in an area known as the basal ganglia. As a result … Read more on ABC Online Senior Focus: Rehab can add years to life after a stroke Rehabilitation involves a variety of therapeutic approaches designed to restore function. Though rehabilitation cannot reverse the ...
New Stroke Recovery Device, Combined With Clot-Busting Drug, Offers Safe …
New Stroke Recovery Device, Combined With Clot-Busting Drug, Offers Safe … However, those who have already suffered from ischemic stroke have the opportunity to utilize stroke recovery and prevention strategies to avoid another stroke, which could prove to be fatal. Thanks to a new study … UTHealth's Dr. Barreto is serving … Read more on BioNews Texas Rewarding the fast thinkers who save lives It was eventually discovered Clara's stroke had been caused by the chicken pox virus, which she had had four months previously. Happily, she has made a good recovery but has limited use of her right hand and a bad limp. She calls her hand and leg her … Read more on Irish Times Read more... ...
Nursing Home Operator to Pay $48 Million to Resolve Allegations That Six …
... That Six … … that operates nursing homes across the western U.S. has agreed to pay $ 48 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted to Medicare false claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department … Read more on eNews Park Forest Parul Institute of Physiotherapy organizes workshops ahead of Physio Summit During the workshop, she gave a quick overview of rehabilitation covering basic principals and the goals of stroke rehabilitation. This was followed by details of CV stroke which included the missing functions faced by all stroke patients, … This … Read more on Times of India Read ...
Restaurant Sales to Help Cover Santa Parade Expenses
Restaurant sales to help cover Santa Parade expenses Attendees will get the facts on nutrition, foot care, diabetes education, blood glucose testing and care for non-healing wounds. Diabetes education helps patients learn to manage their disease, which can cause a variety of issues, including heart … Read more on Eagle-Tribune Football, Tendulkar, Ashes, Rugby League World Cup, golf But as Remembrance Day approached, and a nation commemorated the sacrifices made by its troops in nearly a century of conflict, you could have heard a poppy pin drop at two of the weekend's biggest sporting events. "It wasn't just at England's autumn … Read more on BBC Sport Read more... ...
Is It Difficult to Get Into a Good Occupational Therapy Master’s Program?
Question by April: Is it difficult to get into a good Occupational Therapy Master’s program? I am very interested in Occupational Therapy as a career, but I am concerned that OT’s growing popularity will make it difficult to get into a good Master’s program (I am particularly interested in USC). I am currently a sophomore at a prestigious university with a 3.97 GPA, and it is feasible for me to take all of the prerequisites before starting the Master’s program. Additionally, this summer, I will shadow an OT at a brain injury rehabilitation center. However, I am concerned that I will not be a competitive applicant to OT programs because my major choices (Philosophy and French) are totally unrelated to OT. How difficult is it to get into a top-notch OT school, such as USC? And how much does major choice matter in admissions? Read more... ...