05/05/2026
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ?
Clients are lost about what happens when they go home.
โก Do they just start driving when they โfeel good enoughโ?
โก Does their doctor have to clear them?
โก Will their family take their keys because theyโve been ill?
Thereโs no reason to leave clients in limbo.
As an occupational therapy practitioner, YOU canโฆ
โก Notice the driving PLOF
โก Assess their driving risk and deficits
โก Educate the client, family, and care team
โก Refer to a specialist when appropriate
โก Share alternative transportation resources as needed
This way, instead of vague or no information, the client (and family) understand what needs to happen to get back behind the wheel SAFELY (if possible) and be empowered to be an active participant in the rehabilitation process.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป! ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป.
Remember, you donโt have to have all the answers either.
You can start the conversation, get things rolling, and refer to a specialist, setting your client up for success and safety while remaining firmly within your level of specialization.
This is so important.
Will you do me a favor?
๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ & ๐พ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ:
๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
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๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Then your clients and their families can share how awesome their OT team was when theyโre back at the library, community groups, or pickleball courts.
Questions, comments, thoughts?
Send them my way. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต
๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด!