How Objective Measures Strengthen Clinical Decisions, Medical Necessity Documentation, and Agency Quality Performance “Patient is improving” is a sentence that appears in countless therapy notes and persuades almost no one.…
How OT and PT Manage the Muscle Overactivity That Follows Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, and Brain Injury Spasticity is a velocity-dependent increase in muscle tone caused by damage…
What OT and PT Must Know to Protect Fragile Bones While Still Building Strength and Function Osteoporosis weakens bone until a minor stress can cause a fracture, and it is…
How PT and OT Address the Leg Pain, Foot Risk, and Functional Decline That Poor Circulation Produces Peripheral artery disease occurs when plaque narrows the arteries that carry blood to…
What OT, PT, and SLP Need to Understand When Patients Take Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Medications A large share of home health patients take medicines that thin the blood or prevent…
Why the Three D's Look Alike — and How Therapists and Social Workers Can Spot the Change That Needs Urgent Attention A confused older patient is one of the most…
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus in Home Health: Joint Protection, Fatigue, and Flare Management for Autoimmune Patients Rheumatoid arthritis and lupus belong to a group of chronic autoimmune conditions in which…
How Home Health Clinicians Navigate the Distinct Clinical and Systems Complexity of Caring for Veterans With Service-Connected Limb Loss Veteran amputees, particularly those with combat-related traumatic limb loss from recent…
How OT, PT, and MSW Address the Functional, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Needs of an Aging HIV-Positive Population HIV care has been transformed over the past three decades from a terminal…
What OT and PT Must Know to Serve Burn Survivors Safely and Effectively After Discharge From Specialized Burn Care Burn injury rehabilitation in home health serves a patient population that…