Therapy Services Home Care
Resume:
Amy Demers
*** ********* ******, *****, ** *****
Tel: 603-***-**** e-mail:
ad23sw@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Recognized as an extensively experienced COTA/L,
demonstrating more than eighteen years of
accomplishments working with adults and children in a diversity of settings. Earned reputation as a
successful occupational therapist, providing a
compassionate and a creative patient approach
towards skilled therapy services. Proven devotion to the highest quality of care. Highly knowledgable with all documentation systems, completing all daily notes with patient present to assure point of service being adhered to. Productivity is always my strong suit with consistently being 90% or better. Demonstrate a
positive attitude and team approach to meeting the needs of the patients in a timely fashion in order for safe discharge to PLOF. Skilled in splinting, wc
management, self feeding techniques, adaptive
equipment, providing quality inservice to all nursing staff in order for a cohesive approach to patient care and needs being met for optimal progress. Prefer
skilled services using a functional treatment approach that best suits patients need and reach PLOF.
Knowledgable in creating home exercise programs for patients in order to continue their progress upon
discharge. ADL’s are very important to me as this is how the short term as well as long term patients will increase their functional level of skills and decrease burden of care with family and/or nursing staff. Have experience in attending family care plan meetings, weekly medicare meetings as well as morning meeting with building staff. My top skills include my
professionalism, honesty, integrity, customer service, organizational skills as well as multi tasking in order to meet the needs of patients, families, managers, and nursing staff.
CAREER SYNOPSES
Amedisys Home Care Services Lawrence,
MA
10-2022 to Present
Provide occupational therapy services to adults and elderly with various injuries and medical conditions in the home setting, ALF, ILF and memory care unit
setting. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility,
wheelchair/walker adaptation, energy conservation
technique training and adaptive equipment training, Laundry/household and cooking tasks, 02 cord
management and pet management.
Enhabit Home Care Services, Andover, MA
7-2021 to 10-2022
Provide occupational therapy services to adults and elderly with various injuries and medical conditions in the home setting, ALF, ILF and memory care unit
setting. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility,
wheelchair/walker adaptation, energy conservation
technique training and adaptive equipment training, Laundry/household and cooking tasks, 02 cord
management and pet management.
Genesis Rehab Nashua, NH
2-2019 to 7-2021
Provide occupational therapy services to adults and elderly with various injuries and medical conditions. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility, wheelchair/ walker adaptation, energy conservation technique
training and adaptive equipment training.
Soliant Rehab, Hudson, NH
12-2019 to 2-2019
Provide occupational therapy services to identified students in inclusionary and pullout settings. Other therapy services include working with students in the areas of fine motor, gross motor, visual perceptual motor, cutting coloring, handwriting, cursive, typing, self- help skills, life-skills and sensory modulation training with students, teachers and paraprofessionals. Develop IEP goals and objectives, implement a
variety of sensory diets, and provide strategy/
modification training to assistants and teachers.
Additional responsibilities include scheduling,
reporting on 3-year updates, screenings, developing strategies for 504 Plans, and attending referral
disposition meetings.
RehabCare, Rehabilitation Services MA and NH
3-2018 to 11-2018
Provide occupational therapy services to adults and elderly with various injuries and medical conditions. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility, wheelchair/ walker adaptation, energy conservation technique
training and adaptive equipment training.
Therapist Unlimited Andover, MA
11-2015 to 2-2018
Provide occupational therapy services to adults and elderly with various injuries and medical conditions. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility, wheelchair/ walker adaptation, energy conservation technique
training and adaptive equipment training.
MAS Medical Staffing, Londonderry, NH
7-2012 to 11-2015
Provide occupational therapy services to adults and elderly with various injuries and medical conditions. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility, wheelchair/ walker adaptation, energy conservation technique
training and adaptive equipment training.
Derry Cooperative School District, Derry, NH
8-2001 to 6-2011
Provide occupational therapy services to identified students in inclusionary and pullout settings. Other therapy services include working with students in the areas of fine motor, gross motor, visual perceptual motor, cutting coloring, handwriting, cursive, typing, self- help skills, life-skills and sensory modulation training with students, teachers and paraprofessionals. Develop IEP goals and objectives, implement a
variety of sensory diets, and provide strategy/
modification training to assistants and teachers.
Additional responsibilities include scheduling,
reporting on 3-year updates, screenings, developing strategies for 504 Plans, and attending referral
disposition meetings.
Hackett Hill Health Care, Manchester, NH
8-2002 to 6-2012
Provide occupational therapy services on a per-diem basis to adults with various injuries and medical
conditions. Services include activities of daily living training, precaution training, strengthening, range of motion, stretching, kitchen tasks, visual perceptual and fine motor activities, functional mobility,
wheelchair/walker adaptation, energy conservation
technique training and adaptive equipment training. The Paul Center For Learning Chelmsford, MA
6-2004 to 6-2011
Provide occupational therapy services to a variety of identified students with disabilities in the areas of self- help, ADL’s, such as pre-vocational tasks, fine motor, gross motor, sensory processing, visual perceptual motor, handwriting, signature, cutting and coloring. Provide sensory modulation and modification training to assistants, teachers and unified arts teachers to ensure student successes. Skilled in handling
situations involving students displaying actions that are unsafe to themselves and others.
Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative
Methuen, MA 8-1999 to 8-2001
Provided occupational therapy services to
behaviorally challenged students ranging from six to twenty-one years of age. Integrated a weekly life- skills cooking group and grocery shopping trip.
Assisted in creating suitable wood working projects for high school age boys. Provided therapy services in pullout and in class sessions. Therapies included fine and gross motor, visual perceptual motor, self-help, sensory modulation, cutting, coloring, handwriting and signature skills.
EDUCA TION
Hesser College
Associates of Science degree - COTA/L class of 1999 Pelham
High School
Diploma – class of 1997
NBCOT license
NH COTA/L License and MA COTA/L License
CERTIFICATIONS :
In the past CPI for behavior
Dementia certified
CPR
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