Holiday Card Making

Festive and Fun Treatments

To get in the holiday spirit we like to have our patients participate in fun and festive activities.  Today, one of my patients was complaining about how she has trouble holding a pen and that her handwriting has not been good.  I used her comment in the subjective component of my treatment note and proceeded to tell a story (see yesterday’s post) for today’s session in my documentation.

Treatment

I had her write out a list of people she needs to send Christmas cards to and then she chose one person to make a card for in today’s session.  I pulled up some holiday card templates on my laptop and instructed her to scroll through and pick out a template she liked.

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We then printed the template and I had her ambulate to the supply closet and cabinets to retrieve all the necessary tools to decorate her Christmas card.  I had Christmas music playing the whole time and she was so happy to be creating her own card that she didn’t even feel like she was having her occupational therapy.  This activity facilitated, fine motor coordination skills and communication skills, as well as functional mobility, dynamic standing balance and functional reach while obtaining supplies. Most importantly, my patient has been increasingly depressed over the past few weeks but the activity helped put a smile on her face!

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