Read this blog. It’s why none of us can be silent. I will not filter with whiteness or privilege, simply share. #OT365
Black OTs Matter: Changing Your OT Practice to Combat Racism, Address Racial Trauma, and Promote Healing – Gotta Be OT https://t.co/zKI3YIEuOc
Everyone is eager to get back to their pre-Covid lives. Just remember, we have to strike a careful balance between the risk to our individual occupational health and the risk to our collective physical health. #doinginstead
"Things like grocery shopping, which I neglected to acquire any real skill in completing before, has now become a primary skill — and I am floundering"
No, you don't need to take on a new hobby or complete your todo list during a global pandemic |CBC News https://t.co/0lpNlGocKR
Experiencing homesickness as a double entendre: at once sick of home and homesick for a non-COVID-19 life.
https://t.co/Ma919ZCIjj
#DoingInstead#Homesick#NonCOVID19Life
Baking bread: Creative outlets helping people find meaning during COVID-19 pandemic, occupational therapist says:
https://t.co/J5EAUGV5wm
"(Creative outlets) help distract people from some of the unpleasant things that are happening in their lives..." - @MaryForhan
"‘It’s one thing to survive the infection, but what’s next?’ Some COVID-19 patients need rehab to walk, talk and problem solve."
Occupational therapists will have an important role in getting people back to doing their everyday occupations
https://t.co/N0nOo5ovAe
#doinginstead
Having to find ways of #doinginstead has shifted the value we place on everyday things that keep us all safe, and has opened our eyes to work that is often invisible.
Alicia Keys - Good Job (Robin Hood Relief Performance)
https://t.co/4rtewjXWFd via @YouTube
CIHR welcomes this additional investment to help support Canada’s research community during the pandemic. We will share details with the community as they become available.
https://t.co/rhQe3XII7B
If you're experiencing "quarantine fatigue", a.k.a. Covid burnout, know that you're not alone. Be kind to yourself and relax your expectations of yourself.
#doinginstead@RobinMazumder@CAOT_ACE
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@GreaterGoodSC
on Helping Others Can Help You Cope with Lockdown
"It's a way of reframing your existence, getting out from the negative vortex and feeling free to do something that is meaningful." - Stephen Post, Bioethicist
https://t.co/IjGtdnmY2j
#doinginstead
Goals for the Relax Recharge Ready tool for arousal regulation for people with autism:
-reflect social model of disability
-accessible
-feasible
-palatable
-helpful
@ChristiWelchPhD@osot_UofT#CAOT2020
The #doinginstead team encourages researchers to add an #occupational perspective to the #COVID19 research initiatives.
Good luck to those submitting to the upcoming @CIHR_IRSC call!
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Launch of Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity (May 2020)
Thanks to our partners for additional funding to support clinical trials on #COVID19@IDRC_CRDI @msfhr @ABInnovates@_SHRF_@Research_MB@NBHRF @_researchNS
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#CreateToConnect starts this Friday, kicking off a month of daily creative challenges to keep us connected, curious and creative at home follow @64M_Artists and sign up https://t.co/6Hj1WAHbwK
Wondering about time use (#OccupationalDiet) patterns that promote well-being? Check out the suggestions offered by the @DoLiveWell1 Framework!
https://t.co/OGOqxDVeNW
#doinginstead
This study from the US Department of Labour in 2008 looked at the average employed American's daily time use (occupational diet).
Think about your typical pre-Covid diet and your diet now. What's missing? What's new? What's better, and what's worse? #doinginstead@CTURandMTUS