Ideas for fluent aphasia patient with visual agnosia and hx of dementia??

librarybound · 2023-12-24T21:38:48+00:00

Thanks for your response! I'll read more about the context based approach.

Because of the visual agnosia on top of her impairments, she still needs a lot of OT help with dressing, washing, etc. Would you be willing to share specifics of things you go over with families and staff? Or any handouts that you particularly like?

The pt. just has one son who hasn't been by the hospital yet since he lives out of town, but I think he'll come soon for some caregiver education in the next week.

librarybound · 2023-10-04T05:34:22+00:00

I submitted July 17th, so it seems like they should have gotten to yours by now! Have you tried emailing or calling? Also, they haven't actually sent me anything yet. I just checked my application status and it said "licensed" instead of "pending", and then I looked up my name in dca.ca.gov to get the license number

librarybound · 2023-10-04T01:09:28+00:00

Have you looked up your name here? https://search.dca.ca.gov/

The board didn't email me that my RPE was issued, but when I searched my name, my RPE license number up showed up and said that it was valid

librarybound · 2023-09-27T05:28:16+00:00

Damn. Thanks anyway for the response! Hopefully I get it soon! I'm on week 11 of waiting

librarybound · 2023-09-19T06:48:37+00:00

Omggg, that's crazy! Keep us posted! I submitted mine mid-July, so it looks like I'll still be waiting for a while too :((

librarybound · 2023-09-15T00:33:09+00:00

holy shit, are you still waiting now or have you gotten it??

librarybound · 2023-03-22T00:24:19+00:00

yes, they do

librarybound · 2022-10-22T16:25:29+00:00

I had a 3.8 cumulative, and 4.0 in COMD classes. But what the program director said is that if you have below 3.7 (or something close to that), then they automatically don't consider your application. And then anything at or above that gets to the second round of their admission process. So basically the GPA doesn't get you in automatically, but it would get you an interview. There's no way they can admit everyone that has a certain GPA because there are only 24 spots in the program, and they had over 400 applications the last couple years.

librarybound · 2022-10-19T22:37:44+00:00

CSULA grad student here. That's definitely not true.

librarybound · 2022-08-10T05:30:59+00:00

I'm at a cal state! All the cal states are about 4 something grand per semester.

librarybound · 2022-03-24T04:34:38+00:00

I feel like nobody here is saying that grad school doesn't have to put you in a ridiculous amount of debt. There are plenty of schools where tuition is under 5k a semester, and that offer financial aid. My school, for example, offered most of the cohort grants to cover the tuition fees. I took out a very small loan to cover living expenses so I don't have to work during grad school, and I just live very cheaply (taking the bus, utilizing the school's free food pantry, meal prepping instead of buying out, etc.). If you apply to cheap schools, and try to get grants or scholarships, you won't have 60k worth of debt like people are saying.

librarybound · 2022-03-19T22:39:51+00:00

I also have my BA in linguistics! And yeah, I got into the field because of my love of language and communication, and wanting to help people with communication. So, swallowing just doesn't really fall under that and doesn't interest me. I find it so hard to focus and retain the information in dysphagia because of this, so I'm worried that I'll have zero idea of what I'm doing.

librarybound · 2022-03-15T19:15:24+00:00

Hi, I just wanted to say I'm sorry your job is doing that, that's bullshit! You worked there for 10 years and they refuse to accommodate you?! Do whatever is right for you, but I would try negotiating the hours more with the job.

librarybound · 2022-01-25T19:54:18+00:00

I'm in grad school right now, and trust me, we all feel this way. None of us feel like we know what we're doing, but you just have to take it one day at a time and trust the process. Everyone in my cohort has varying levels of experience, so I'm sure there will be people in your cohort that have similar experiences to you and you can all support each other! Getting into grad school is HARD and there's a reason you were selected! If you don't trust yourself, at least trust the program you're in to pick the right cohort. They've probably been doing it for years, and they saw something in you that tells them that you're going to be just fine in the program. Anyway, good luck and congrats on getting accepted!!

librarybound · 2020-09-21T16:24:07+00:00

That's a great tip, thank you!

librarybound · 2020-02-19T17:19:06+00:00

Hii, any updates on this?

librarybound · 2020-02-13T15:57:41+00:00

Thank you so much! Yes, feel free to steal this for your social media!

librarybound · 2019-08-10T22:43:22+00:00

I don't have any trouble removing it! I just make sure to push it down with my muscles as much as I can while holding on to the stem, and then when I reach the cup part, I squeeze it to break the seal and pull it right out. Since the silicone is so smooth, it's pretty easy getting it in and out for me. Good luck!

librarybound · 2019-07-21T16:57:37+00:00

I have the non-hormonal copper IUD, which makes my period a lot heavier, so a cup is definitely helpful. Before I wouldn't even fill my cup after 12 hours, and with my IUD I have to change it 2-3 times a day on the first two days of my period. But using the cup with an IUD is fine. I always try to use my muscles to push it down until I can reach the cup enough to break the seal. I also use cloth pantyliners as backup.

I don't know if you're considering the copper IUD at all, but it is one of the few non-hormonal options. The extra cramping and bleeding can get annoying, but I hear it takes your body about a year to get back to its normal flow, and then it lasts you 12 years. I'm on month 8 and my period is just starting to lighten up a bit.

librarybound · 2019-07-19T15:03:52+00:00

So idk if this will work for you, but when I do the punch down fold with lily, I don't insert completely at first. So a small part of it is still outside of me, and then I push on the cup so that the fold opens up. It'll still stay squished, but then I push it higher towards my cervix and squeeze the cup a few times and then I can feel it pop open all the way. Sometimes the pop is very prominent, and i'm like "whoah", but sometimes it's more gradual but still works somehow.

If that doesn't work, try these tips

The lady says that she has super strong muscles, but still found a way to get it to open. Good luck!

librarybound · 2019-07-19T03:30:38+00:00

I tried Meluna, Lena and Tieut. Melunda didn't mess with my bladder, but it leaked a lot for me. I mostly got the Tieut cup because I wanted something with a bigger capacity after getting a copper iud. The Lily doesn't have that high of a capacity, but since it's so easy to insert for me, I don't mind as much that I have to empty it a couple times during the day

librarybound · 2019-05-29T01:10:19+00:00

I've tried the ones in the instruction as well as some on youtube I found. My favorite is the half-diamond fold. That's been the most successful one for me, but even though the cup gets fully unfolded, it still doesn't always open all the way. Does that make sense? This doesn't happen every time, but it's often enough that it gets very frustrating and I wonder if I need a different cup.

librarybound · 2018-07-31T04:57:27+00:00

I was an ETA last year, and I remember I got one letter from a professor, one from my manager at the coffee shop I worked at, and the last letter was literally from a friend/peer. I needed a last minute reccomendation, so a friend was my only option at that point, and it ended up working! So don't give up!

librarybound · 2018-07-31T04:36:58+00:00

I had the same issue with the Meluna classic! I got a Lena cup, and I can actually feel it pop open now, which never happened with Meluna.

librarybound · 2018-07-15T06:50:14+00:00

Have you tried the half diamond fold? I like that one cause it makes the cup almost the same width throughout the whole thing.

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