Celebrating Our Staff During National Occupational Therapy Month 2015

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Pictured left to right: Jane Hill COTA/L, Jay Greenstone OTR/L , Amy Kendrick COTA/L 

Pictured left to right:
Jane Hill COTA/L, Jay Greenstone OTR/L , Amy Kendrick COTA/L

Lee Health & Rehab Center is proud of our OT team and wishes to thank them for their service and dedication to our patients!

Jane Hill is a 2002 graduate from Southwest Virginia Community College with an Associate degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant. She has been employed with Cornerstone Therapy Services at Lee Health and Rehab since July 2012. She has 13 years experience in geriatrics, skilled nursing, pediatrics and home health settings.

Jay Greenstone is a 1999 graduate of Towson University with a degree in Occupational Therapy. He is employed with Cornerstone Therapy Services and has provided occupational therapy services at Lee Health and Rehab for 12 years.  As an Occupational Therapist, he has experience in pediatrics, outpatient, home health, hand therapy and geriatrics.

Amy Kendrick is a 2006 graduate from Southwest Virginia Community College with an Associate degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant. She has been employed with Cornerstone Therapy Services at Lee Health and Rehab since August 2013. She has 9 years experience in geriatrics, skilled nursing, pediatrics and home health settings.

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy (OT) is the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). OT practitioners enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability.

Common OT interventions include helping people recovering from injury to regain skills, and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes. Services typically include:

  • an individualized evaluation, during which the client/family and OT determine the person’s goals,
  • customized intervention to improve the person’s ability to perform daily activities and reach the goals, and
  • an outcomes evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met

OT practitioners have a holistic perspective, in which the focus is on adapting the environment and/or task to fit the person, and the person is an integral part of the therapy team.

Thank you to the American Occupational Therapy Association for providing this information.