How to Lean on Your Partners to Improve Quality Care

Treating a patient is more than just having someone participate in an assigned exercise or complete a list of movements on a checklist. The best results come when clinicians engage patients in meaningful activities that truly motivate them to reach their potential.

To fully understand a patient’s perspective, senior living communities and clinicians must openly communicate with their families, friends, and caregivers to make sure that residents have all the resources they need to succeed.

Creativity also plays an essential role when working with a patient to reach their full potential. If a patient does not show interest in doing a standard set of exercises, what out-of-the-box approaches can be made to motivate them to complete a similar task?

FOX Rehabilitation’s Directors of Senior Living Partnerships Trenton Oczypok and Irene Blumenthal, PT, MHA, explain how creative approaches can lead to expanding care in your community.