Ripple Rehabilitation

09/18/2022

🫀🧠👁🦶🏽 This is our kind of anatomy lesson! Great advocacy image for our profession of , from on Instagram 👏🏼 Featured: theOThub.com/career.

12/20/2021

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! While icy ground and frozen puddles are fun for the little ones, ice skating in shoes can be a bit unnerving for the rest of us.

Falls happen all too often - in and out of the house.

Take care to wear proper footwear, walk and turn slowly, keep your cell phone in your pocket, and avoid carrying things in your hands (so that you have them for support if needed).

Seniors' Falls in Canada - Infographic

11/29/2021

On these colder evenings do you cuddle up with a blanket?

Weighted blankets, which can help you feel more calm and relaxed, have gone mainstream and may just be on your Christmas wish list this year.

Although this study is small, I'm glad to see that an evidence-base is developing for using weighted blankets for people with dementia - especially for vocalizations. For this population, please consult an occupational therapist first for a risk assessment.

This study explored the use of weighted blankets as a non-pharmacological treatment for persistent vocalizations in late stage dementia. A weighted blanket was applied to three individuals with a diagnosis of dementia who had frequent and intense persistent vocalizations which were not responsive to other treatment modalities and necessitated in-patient hospitalization within a specialized behavioural unit. The evaluation found a non-statistically significant reduction in the duration of persistent vocalizations during the ten-minute application of the weighted blanket and a statistically significant reduction in the duration of persistent vocalizations during the ten minutes following the application of the weighted blanket. The use of weighted blankets may therefore be a promising non-pharmacological intervention for the treatment of persistent vocalizations in late stage dementia.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019745722100272X
Sensory Modulation Brisbane offers an online training course for Using Sensory Modulation with Aged Care Residents. http://sensory-modulation-brisbane.com/using-sensory-modulation-in-aged-care

11/29/2021

Having seen the need for private occupational therapy services, I'm excited to announce that Ripple Rehabilitation is ready to support you! In-person and telehealth options available.