Education

Education should be done early and often in our treatments.  We can not stress to you enough how important it is to educate clients, caregivers, and family members in order to achieve goals and continue to show skilled care.

Remember, YOU are the expert when it come to your client’s success, Without you knowledge and clinical recommendations, client’s may not reach their full potential. Even if you think something your educating on is “common sense,” it may be new to your client or caregiver and therefore extremely helpful for carryover. 

Educational Topics

There are numerous topics you can educate your client and their caregivers on including.  

• Role of discipline (OT/PT/SLP) 
  • Often done during initial evaluation
• Fall prevention
  • vision check up
  • appropriate shoes
  • physical deficits
• Medication management
  • pill box organizer
  • medication schedule
• Dehydration
  • risks
  • prevention
• Community resource
  • transportation
  • ...