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Featured Activity of the Month
Featured Activity of the Month
Gratitude Leaf Collage Craft
The Gratitude Leaf Collage Craft is a calming, reflective exercise designed to help adults slow down, reconnect with the present moment, and recognize the meaningful people, moments, and strengths in their lives.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness
During the month of November, the National Lung, Heart, and Blood Institute recognizes, National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month. Their aim is to focus on increasing awareness of this disease because with early diagnosis and beginning treatment, patients with this disease can find ways to improve their overall quality of life.
Sleep Hygiene
With the busy holiday season quickly approaching, it is important that we are all focused (especially now) on our mental and physical health. One way to make sure you are taking care of yourself is to get enough rest. But what if you feel like you don’t normally get very good sleep?
Therapy Tune-Up: Sleep Hygiene Cards
Incorporate good sleep hygiene into your routine. Use these card prompts to create new sleep habits and help you get to bed when you are feeling restless.
Therapy Tune-Up: Carpal Tunnel Exercises
Ease carpal tunnel pain and tension, especially for those who are now using the computer for more prolonged periods.
Scenario Charades Game
This interactive game helps adults improve their emotional intelligence and non-verbal communication skills, which are valuable in both personal and professional settings.'
ADLs Chore Card Challenge
Our ADLs Chore Card Challenge is a card-based activity for adults focusing on some of the things occupational therapists work on with individuals. This game helps adults practice and improve their everyday functional skills and independence through developing and managing a routine for their regular chores.
Managing Alzheimer’s — Caregiver Fatigue
Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia. It is a degenerative disease that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. As Alzheimer’s progresses, the individual will lose the ability to care for oneself. The disease presents itself in many different ways that coincide with the common experience, “what did I come in here for…?” which makes it difficult to diagnose early on.
Mindfulness During the Holidays
As each year comes to a close, we begin thinking about the possibilities for the new year and what we want to achieve or experience. One fulfilling and helpful practice to start the new year in the best way possible is a mindfulness practice.
A Letter from Our CEO
Ask most therapists why they strive to become a therapist. Most will say some variation of wanting to help people and make a difference. When has the notation of wanting to help people become so cliche, but aren't the best cliches based on powerful truths that have become simple notions?
Team Feature: Jason Crawford, OT
This month we are featuring a new member of the Tilton’s Therapy team, Jason Crawford, Occupational Therapist!
Team Feature: Elaina Gregerson, PT
This month, we highlight a talented Physical Therapist on the Tilton’s Therapy Team, Elaina Gregerson!
Team Feature: Alyssa Carreon, PT
This month we are featuring a new member of the Tilton’s Therapy team, Alyssa Carreon, Physical Therapist!
Alyssa pronounces her name “Uh-l-eye-ssa” and not the usual “Uh-lih-ssa.” She was born and raised in the beautiful biggest little city of Reno. At the University of Nevada, Reno, Alyssa earned a Bachelor of Science in Community Health Science in 2018. She continued on to achieve her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington in 2022.
Team Feature: Moses Harvison, COTA
Meet this month’s featured team member, one of our newest additions to the Tilton’s Team, Moses Harvison, COTA!
Team Feature: Deanna Yates, Billing & Credentialing Manager
This month we are featuring our wonderful team member, Billing and Credentialing Manager, Deanna Yates! Deanna has worked in the medical field for over 25 years and has been a crucial member of the Tilton’s Therapy team for over 20 years!
2023 Vision Statement
2022 was a fabulous year for Tilton's Therapy and I want to take a moment to extend my gratitude and acknowledge some of our achievements over the past year. We would not be where we are without the trust and loyalty from our clients and families, and the dedication from our therapists and administrative team who embody our mission and core values each and every day.
Team Feature: Laura Howard, SLP
This month, we are featuring one of our excellent Speech-Language Pathologists, Laura Howard.
Team Feature: Ashlend Rodriguez, SLP
This month, our featured team member is Ashlend Rodriguez, SLP!
All of her previous work experience outside of this field has been related to helping others, such as a softball instructor, daycare assistant, or caretaker. After an experience shadowing a speech-language pathologist, Ashlend knew that it was a discipline she could see herself making into a career.
Team Feature: Edith Medley, Director of Human Resources
This month, our featured team member is Edith Medley, Director of Human Resources!
Edith has been working in the industry since 2009, working in outpatient clinics with both adults and pediatrics simultaneously.
Team Feature: Lead Therapists
This month, we are featuring our Lead Therapists, Megan Tabano, OT, Heather Karchefski, SLP, Renée Losey, SLP, and Erin Carder-McCoy, OT.