summerOTime

    For my third neuro note, I watched a video on YouTube called  Multiple Sclerosis: Mother living in Aged Care . I chose this documentary because I am doing my media project on MS and I wanted to get a better understanding of what a day in the life of someone with this condition looks like and to gain more knowledge as a future OT working with this population. This documentary followed the story of a woman named Rachelle who is 43-years-old and has been diagnosed with MS for 10 years. She lives in a geriatric nursing facility. Some of her goals are to be able to work again, be active with her children, and to ride horses again. She also had poor care at the facility she was in as she obtained a severe pressure ulcer on her back. She had many barriers like losing contact with her family and not having any independence. She suffered from depression also while being in an aged care facility but because of her best friend, she was able to get out of that facilit...

   I watched a documentary on amazon prime video called  A Teachable Moment that was about 4 survivors of stroke (CVA). I chose this documentary because stroke is extremely common and I felt that as a future OT it would be beneficial for me to be more familiar with the subject. This documentary was very educational and I enjoyed how when explaining stroke, they used visual aids like cartoons. I would recommend all OT students to watch this documentary because it’s very insightful and there are good examples on how to explain stroke to future clients.    One of the stroke survivors, Roderick Dunston, was unemployed and had no health insurance when he had his stroke. Luckily, he had PT friends who would work with him as favors but overall he did rehab on his own. He had no OT or speech therapy and he taught himself how to speak again with Hooked on Phonics. His progress took longer than if he were to have traditional therapy but I thought his stor...

            I watched a Netflix series called Queer Eye . The episode is called Disabled but Not Really (season 4, episode 2). Queer Eye is a show about 5 men giving a deserving person a makeover. This episode featured a man named Wesley Hamilton who suffered from a gunshot wound and acquired a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He was bedridden for 2 years and was also overweight. His injury took a toll on him not only physically but mentally and he became depressed. His injury also affected his mother who gave up her life to take care of him. After years of having his disability and being in a wheelchair, Wesley became more physically active and lost over 100 lbs. He started a foundation called "Disabled but Not Really". His foundation is to provide awareness and programs to people who have disabilities and to encourage them to be healthy and physically fit. He shared how he felt that his...