Therapeutic Resources Blog
Alzheimer’s Disease as an Adventure in Wonderland
July 1, 2016
In her memoir “Aliceheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Through the Looking Glass,” Dana Walrath uses drawings and stories to chronicle three years of caregiving for her mother, Alice, who was in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The experience turned out to be a magical trip down the rabbit hole of memory loss, an outcome that inspired Dr. Walrath, a medical anthropologist who taught at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and who also studied art and writing, to share their tale. Read More »
Technology brings new speech therapy services to rural areas
June 30, 2016
Using video conferencing, UMaine clinicians help people recover after disabling strokes. Read More »
Does Virtual Reality Have a Place in Physical Therapy?
June 28, 2016
A lab at Northeastern explores whether this tech would work for PT. Physical therapy is probably best known for its 45-minute sessions of pain - or discomfort, for the tough people out there. However, PT experiences could quickly change for patients and therapists alike because of this little thing called virtual reality. Read More »
Physical Therapy Underused in Parkinson’s
June 27, 2016
Only 11% of patients had used it in Medicare study Read More »