Using evidence and expert material to inform decisions about care plans and program development with a focus on social and occupational justice. Topics organized alphabetically: accessibility, anti-racism, burnout, cognition, dementia care, equity, grief, LGBTQ+, prisoners with dementia, sensory, stress management, trauma-informed care

Occupational justice is “the right of every individual to be
able to meet basic needs and to have equal opportunities
and life chances to reach toward her or his potential but
specific to the individual’s engagement in diverse and
meaningful occupation.”

Wilcock & Townsend, 2009, p. 193

Accessibility & Inclusion

Anti-Racism

Burnout

  • Gerain, P. & Zech, E. (2019). Informal caregiver burnout? Development of a theoretical framework to understand the impact of caregiving. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1748). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01748.

Cognition

  • Allen, C.K. & Blue, T. (1998). Cognitive disabilities model: How to make clinical judgments. In N. Katz (Ed.) Cognition and occupation in rehabilitation: Cognitive models for intervention in occupational therapy (pp. 225-280). Bethesda, MD: American Occupational Therapy Association.

Dementia Care

Equity

Grief & Loss

  • Coronavirus Grief: Coping with the loss of routine during the pandemic (Mayo Clinic, 2020)

LGBTQIA+

  • LGBTQIA+ Resources by Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD)
  • National Resource Center on LGBT Aging: extensive list of educational resources, technical assistance, and training opportunities. This center is led by SAGE (link below).
  • SAGE: Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders
  • SAGECare: Invest in LGBT competency and create a more welcoming community for LGBT older adults. Services include training, consultation, on-demand courses, and on-demand CEUs.

Prisoners with Dementia

Sensory

  • Albers, M.W., Gilmore, G.C., Kaye, J., Murphy, C., Wingfield, A., Bennett, D.A., Boxer, A.L., Buchman, A.S., Cruickshanks, K.J., Devanand, D.P., Duffy, C.J., Gall, C.M., Gates, G.A., Granholm, A., Hensch, T., Holtzer, R., Hyman, B.T., Lin, F.R., McKee, A.C., … Zhang, L.I. (2015). At the interface of sensory and motor dysfunctions and Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimers Dement., 11(1), 70-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.04.514.
  • Baker, R., Bell, S., Baker, E., Holloway, J., Pearce, R., Dowling, Z., & Wareing, L.A. (2010). A randomized controlled trial of the effects of multi-sensory stimulation (MSS) for people with dementia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40(1), 81-96.
  • Kinnealey, M. & Fuiek, M. (1999). The relationship between sensory defensiveness, anxiety, depression and perception of pain in adults. Occupational Therapy International, 6(3), 195-206. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/oti.97.
  • Miller, L.J. et al. (2007). Concept evolution in sensory integration: A proposed nosology for diagnosis. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 135-140. DOI: 10.5014/ajot.61.2.135

Stress Management

  • Gerritsen, R.J.S. & Band, G.P.H. (2018). Breath of life: The respiratory vagal stimulation model of contemplative activity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12(397). DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00397.
  • Porges, S.W. (2009). The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 76(2), S86-S90. DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76.s2.17.
  • Porges, S.W. (2007). The polyvagal perspective. Biological Psychology, 74(2), 116-143. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.06.009.

Trauma-Informed Care