Re-creative Resources

Check out this resource site for activity professionals:
Re-creative Resources
They provide training, books, forms, articles, activity ideas and job listings for activity professionals who work with the geriatric population.

Choosing Nursing Home Care

I look forward to speaking ata low vision support group at the Wenham Council on Aging on Monday.

The Effects Of Macular Degeneration | LIVESTRONG.COM

The Effects Of Macular Degeneration. Macular degeneration MD causes deterioration of central vision. There are two types of macular degeneration: wet and dry. Vision loss may be gradual with the dry form of age-rela...

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Living Life to Its fullest

The American Occupational Therapist Association has just published a collection of essays including mine where  I share a bit about my experience helping my mother during her time with Alzheimer's disease while as the same time being a mother to an adolescent with a disability .
http://www1.aota.org/shop_aota/prodview.aspx?TYPE=D&PID=980&SKU=1254 

Eye Diseases That Cause You To Lose Peripheral Vision | LIVESTRONG.COM

"These are eye diseases that affect people of all ages. But during the work I do as a low vision occupational therapist I primarily see older people.
GeriatricOT.com"

Eye Diseases That Cause You To Lose Peripheral Vision. Peripheral vision is the part of the visual field used when looking out of the side of the eye. Eye diseases that destroy peripheral vision include glaucoma, which usually affects...

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Products For The Vision Impaired | LIVESTRONG.COM

"Here are the products I frequently demonstrate during low vision occupational therapy home visits..... "

Products For The Vision Impaired. Products for the visually impaired can make a huge difference in the life of someone with mild or severe vision loss. Some products, such as weak magnifiers and special lamps, are...

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