Home After a Stroke

Today I got a splinter in my sound hand as I walked down my front steps while holding onto a wooden railing.  Thank God I know how to remove...

OTs evaluate how clients get on and off the toilet.  However, aides are the ones who deal with dressing and undressing during toileting.  Ai...

My moving company will keep my belongings in storage containers for 2 to 3 weeks until there is a truck heading to west to Michigan.  The fa...

I thought the hardest thing I have ever done was to recover from a stroke.  A very close 2nd source of stress is moving to Michigan.  My sin...

My dreams have changed over the years.  As a young woman my 1st dream was to get married and have a family.  But I was not able to have chil...

Hand tests begin by asking clients to pick up objects from a table.  Stroke survivors would discover their affected hand can be useful earl...

Yesterday was a gorgeous day.  I took time to sit on my patio because I have never forgotten how depressed I felt when I was kept inside for...

For a month I have worked hard to get rid of many possessions before I move to an independent living facility in Michigan.  A friend has loa...

I am getting ready to move to an independent living facility in Michigan and have spent the last three weeks giving nice things to charity a...

Opening and refolding the plastic bag inside a cereal box is a two-handed task.  I would have to use my teeth and my sound hand.  Instead I ...