Tag: safety
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Hidden Home Safety Risks Therapists Should Look For in Aging-in-Place Assessments
Discover the hidden home safety risks occupational therapists should notice during aging-in-place assessments, from lighting and scald hazards to outdoor dangers, maintenance issues, and emergency readiness.
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From Research to Practice: Clinical Decision-Making About Sink Access, Faucets, and Water Use at Home
When therapists think about home modifications, attention often goes to entrances, showers, toilets, and stairs. Those are critical areas, but the sink deserves just as much clinical scrutiny. A recent feasibility study of the Access-H2O smart faucet in people living with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) reinforces an important point for home modification practice: independent…