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Useful services and external resources, for your care and career.
This is an expanding directory and current community suggestions are not definitive. Know of a service or resource that should be featured?
'Study: Memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer's and dementia'
Some music inspires you to move your feet, some inspires you to get out there and change the world. In any case, and to move hurriedly on to the point of this article, it's fair to say that music moves people in special ways.
If you're especially into a piece of music, your brain does something called Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), which feels to you like a tingling in your brain or scalp. It's nature's own little "buzz", a natural reward, that is described by some as a "head orgasm". Some even think that it explains why people go to church, for example, "feeling the Lord move through you", but that's another article for another time.
[INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE; AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE]
Connecting People, Connecting Support: Occupation Matters
Designed to help you embed health promoting activities into your daily routine. Whether you are visiting because you have been told that you have mild-cognitive impairment, have been given a diagnosis of dementia, or want to keep well by taking steps to maintain good brain health, there is something here for everyone.
The resources and activities have been tried, tested and recommended by people with dementia. The website was created by occupational therapists and design researchers, who are passionate about the role of occupation and meaningful activity, in enabling individuals to live well and continue to do the things that are important to them.
[UK-BASED RESOURCE; AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE]
OT Flourish
The Learning Lab Membership: helping you be skilled, creative, current & have the resources you need with hundreds of treatment idea videos, lists and links to patient handouts, tools, assessments, and evaluations, a journal club, exclusive community forum and fun bonuses - just for being a member!
Seniors Flourish Podcast: showcasing relevant interviews, answering questions, current articles and hot topics, but also to getting OT practitioners excited about working with older adults, give actionable ideas that listeners can take and use in their own practice and have some fun along the way!
OT Resources: find the CEU discounts, e-books, handouts, forms and products that you have been looking for to ramp up your practice!
Blog: free treatment ideas, education and resources to learn, relate and grow as an OT practitioner and student.
[US-BASED RESOURCE; AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE]