Tag: occupation
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Evidence Corner: From Reactive Care to Health Span—What a New Systematic Review Means for Home Modification OTs
Fall prevention is often framed as a response to risk: a fall has occurred, mobility has changed, or a caregiver is struggling to keep someone safe at home. A new systematic review invites us to think more broadly. It positions occupational therapy as a proactive health-promotion profession—and it reinforces why home modification practice belongs squarely…
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Reframing Hoarding as Occupation: What Occupational Therapists Bring That Nobody Else Can
Ask most clinicians what they think when they hear “hoarding disorder,” and the responses tend to cluster around the same themes: clutter, safety risk, resistance, and difficulty. The mental image is a home filled floor to ceiling with accumulated objects — a problem to be solved, removed, or cleared. But what happens when you bring…