Wheelchair Stuff
This feature allows wheelchair users to adjust the chair's position into a tilt position for pressure relief and comfort.
What is a tilt-in space wheelchair?
Used to transfer between seated surfaces, often when unable to bear weight during transfers
What is a Slide board transfer?
Requires a recipe and fine/gross motor coordination
What is meal preparation/cooking tasks?
The type of therapy that helps individuals regain independence in meaningful activities
What is occupational therapy?
This ADL involves the ability to eat and drink independently.
What is self-feeding?
Commonly seen by people in public spaces, such as WalMart or Meijer, with mobility issues
What is a power scooter?
A mechanical device used when someone is dependent during transfers
What is a Hoyer lift?
A group of home tasks that involves vacuuming, bedmaking and laundry
What are housekeeping tasks?
When somone needs "a little" (< 25%) help with a functional task (eg getting dressed)
What is Minimum Assistance?
Abbreviation for Activities of Daily Living
What is/are ADLs?
The feature of a power wheelchair that allows you to raise your seat with the push of a button to reach for items in the cupboard
What is power seating?
A type of walker that has hand brakes and 4-wheels
What is a 4-wheeled walker silly?
More complex tasks that we don't always do everyday
What are IADLs "Instrumental Activities of Daily Living"?
An Eastern perspective of harmony in life explained thru a metaphor that 'Life is Like a River'
What is the Kawa Model?
This ADL involves the ability to move from one position or place to another, such as from bed to chair.
Show me the Tea! What is Transferring?
What you place your feet on when using a wheelchair
What are leg rests?
A mechanical device used when someone can tolerate standing/using their legs during transfers
What is a sit-to-stand lift?
When an OT helps manage someone's budget when grocery shopping
What is money management?
An specialized area of OT practice that involves splinting and reducing joint pain of the hand/wrist & elbow
What is hand therapy?
A specialized movement program designed to improve movement and daily function in individuals with Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions
What is LSVT-BIG©?
A type of air-filled seat cushion that offers the best pressure relief, rhymes with MOHO
What is a ROHO seat cushion?
For safety, this is put on an individual before transferring or doing anything related to balance when standing
What is a gait belt?
The performance of more than one task at the same time
What is Multitasking?
This happens before an OT provides interventions with clients
Rhymes with Evaluation
An occupation we learned about includes the art or practice of garden cultivation and management, and may be considered a leisure activity
What is horticulture?