Who We Serve
At OT2GO, our mission is to help adolescents, teens, adults, aging and underserved communities improve their physical health, mental wellness, and overall quality of life. Our process helps patients to safely and independently age in place in their home and live life to the fullest.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) represent key life tasks that people need to manage, in order to live at home and be fully independent. Difficulties with ADLs and IADLs can determine whether someone is considered "safe" to live at home or even whether a person is eligible for certain long-term care services. ADLs include: walking, feeding, dressing and grooming, toileting, bathing, and transferring. IADLs require more complex thinking skills, including organizational skills. IADLs include: managing finances, managing transportation, shopping and meal preparation, housecleaning and home maintenance, managing communication, and managing medications. Our clinicians work with patients with a variety of chronic conditions to regain their independence and to remain safe in their homes.
Biofield therapy harnesses energy fields that exist within and outside the human body to treat and heal chronic health conditions. Biofield therapy affects ones’ physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellness without using pressure, manual manipulation, or massage. OT2GO practitioners use Reiki and Healing Touch modalities.
Brain and spinal cord injuries can affect motor, sensory, cognitive, and behavioral functioning. Our clinicians work to restore balance and coordination to improve safety and independent performance with meaningful routines and activities. We provide strategies for memory impairment, retraining to improve organization and sequencing activities and cognitive training to enhance executive function.
Cancer diagnosis and treatment can impose multiple degrees of physical and psychological strain on an individual. Our clinicians provide interventions to increase functional engagement, strength and overall occupational performance to enhance quality of life and well-being.
Chronic conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and obesity, are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States— and the most preventable (CDC, 2014). Our clinicians help patients establish daily routines to monitor blood pressure, blood glucose and weight according to specific requirements or restrictions and increase physical activity to improve overall health and quality of life.
Assisted living is "a long-term-care option that combines housing, support services, and health care, as needed" (Assisted Living Federation of America, n.d.). Our clinicians provide a unique and valuable service— energy conservation, pressure ulcer prevention, joint protection and contracture management and low vision services-to support these patients as they reside in assisted living facilities, directly and indirectly, to remain independent and successful as they age in place.
Dementia is a chronic condition that results from impaired cognition, due to damage to the brain. Most dementia cases are classified as Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's Association, n.d.). The onset of dementia is gradual, and the course of the disease spans several years or more. Our clinicians help dementia patients enhance function, promote relationships and social participation and identify ways for patients to enjoy life to its fullest.
Slips, trips, and falls in and around the home are the leading cause of injury and death among mature adults. Our clinicians assist patients break the cycle of inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle that increases the risk of falls.
As the population matures, home modifications become the key factor to enable individuals to "age in place," or live in the place or home of choice. Our clinicians are experts with home safety modifications that improve safety and functions in patients with chronic health conditions, sensory or movement impairments, and cognitive disorders.
Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) have limited cognitive capacities and adaptive behaviors for participating in activities of daily living (National Institutes of Health, 2010). Our clinicians work with individuals with ID to improve participation in a range of activities.
Many mature adults experience age-related vision changes that can't be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, or surgery. Our clinicians help patients with low vision function at the highest possible level by preventing accidents and injury (e.g., improving lighting), teaching new skills (e.g., eccentric viewing, visual tracking), modifying the task or environment (e.g., recommending magnifiers), and promoting healthy lifestyles (e.g., ensuring they can participate in their daily activities).
Occupational Therapy is a vital part of the interdisciplinary team that provides mental health services. OT wellness interventions help the patient to improve day-to-day independence with living skills, coping skills to reduce symptoms of chronic mental health conditions, and meaningful engagement in healthy roles and routines. OT2GO practitioners identify specific individual and environmental changes necessary to achieve goals; use evidence-based strategies to improve functional performance across an array of domains; and address health and wellness needs, recovery support, and social determinants such as housing and educational/vocational goals.
Chronic pain is a major public health problem in the United States. One in four Americans have some form of persistent pain. Chronic pain leads to increased dependence on others, loss of worker and family roles, and difficulty with participation in everyday activities. Our intervention approaches include education on pain control modalities and proactive use, instruction in safe body mechanics, retraining patients to perform tasks with the appropriate muscle groups, education on muscle relaxation and guided imagery to reduce pain levels, paced activities, and a home exercise program to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
With a focus on function, our clinicians help mature adults improve their independence and safety with self-care routines and transfers and instrumental activities of daily living (i.e., cooking, shopping, community mobility, driving and other community-based routines).
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and impairment, and it is estimated that 5.4 million Americans are living with the effects of stroke. Our clinicians use evidence-based interventions to restore function, increase engagement in purposeful routines and tasks and help patients to achieve the best possible long-term outcomes to allow patients to live life to its fullest.
A routine for physical activity helps mature adults reduce fall risk and fall-related injuries. Our clinicians incorporate progressive resistance exercise and strength and balance training to improve range of motion and activity tolerance to increase community participation and independent function with desired activities and meaningful routines.
A major focus of occupational therapy is rehabilitation related to impairments of the upper extremities (i.e., shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand). Our clinicians help patients return to their prior level of function and participation with meaningful daily activities. We also treat tendonitis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and carpal tunnel syndrome.