Flourishing as an OT Practitioner Through Personal Experience with Mandy Chamberlain

09/03/2020 58 min Episodio 56
Flourishing as an OT Practitioner Through Personal Experience with Mandy Chamberlain

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Sarah and Mandy discuss: Mandy's sister’s accidentHer experience finding her role within her family as a sister/daughter and healthcare professionalRecognizing the importance of family dynamics in the rehab journeyThe tension she experienced during rehab between expectations and realityHer role between the doctors, nurses, therapists, etc and her familyThe pivotal moment with her sister’s OTNavigating her role from a personal and professional standpointThe ripple effect of traumatic accidents and rehabilitation on familiesKnowing when and how to make appropriate referralsAdvice for therapists working with people & their families who have experienced a brain injuryAdvice for families and caregivers going through an acquired accidentWhere her sister is nowThe one thing she wished she knew during the time of the accident and initial rehab journeyTraumatic Brain Injury: Unmet Support Needs of Caregivers and Families in Florida: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866264/Seniors FlourishWebsite: seniorsflourish.comPodcast: seniorsflourish.com/categories/podcastsLearning Lab: https://seniorsflourish.com/learninglab/If you have gone through anything similar, you can email Mandy at: [email protected] Mandy:Email: [email protected]: http://seniorsflourish.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/seniorsflourishInstagram: https://www.instgram.com/seniorsflourishFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/seniorsflourish