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Occupational Therapist Occupational therapists (OTs) help individuals with physically, developmentally or emotionally disabling conditions to recover and improve daily living and work skills. They help patients to enhance basic motor functions and reasoning abilities. They also help patients to compensate for permanent loss of function. Their goal is to enable patients to achieve independent, productive and satisfying lives. When ability is diminished or impaired, OTs work to restore performance in everyday life activities including self-care, leisure and work. For those with permanent disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy, occupational therapists develop ways for patients to accomplish tasks through compensation and modified actions. They provide adaptive equipment such as wheelchairs, splints, and aids for eating and dressing. They also design special equipment to help the patient function at home or work. Career Fact Sheet Download Career Fact Sheet: Occupational Therapist .pdf Download PDF • 500KB

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Working Together to Address Gaps in Adolescent Care Thank you to Olean General Hospital for bringing partners together to discuss the challenges of getting adolescents home after they have been cleared in the emergency department. Families and providers are facing some difficult situations with limited options. This discussion helped identify gaps in services that we need to take a closer look at as we move forward with our planning. Helping Local Businesses Stay Prepared We heard from a local business this week looking to get their employees scheduled for Heartsaver training before their certifications expire. Heartsaver includes CPR, AED use and first aid. It’s good to see businesses planning ahead and making this a priority for their staff. These are skills that can be needed anywhere.

Pathways to Care – Community Partnership One of our Pathways to Care members needed some help making her home safer and more accessible. Rob and Lindsey worked to connect her with BC Love Thy Neighbor, and their crew was able to help. The crew repaired her front steps and added a handrail, made adjustments to her interior stairs, installed a bedroom door, replaced damaged kitchen flooring that was a trip hazard, and completed several other repairs to improve safety and accessibility in her home. This is a great example of our Pathways to Care team identifying a need and working with a community partner to find a solution. Thank you to Rob and Lindsey for helping coordinate this and to BC Love Thy Neighbor for stepping in to help this member and her family. Understanding the Gaps, Planning for the Future This week, we have continued gathering data for the Cattaraugus County Rural Community Health Initiative (RCHI) Planning Grant. We have been reaching out to hospitals, primary care providers, behavioral health organizations, and other community partners to better understand where gaps in services exist and what challenges people are facing when trying to access care. Our next step is the RCHI Steering Committee kickoff meeting on October 29, where we will bring our partners together to discuss the planning process and next steps. I want to thank Jordan for all the work she has been doing to coordinate this effort. There is a lot to get done in a short amount of time, and I appreciate everything she is doing to keep us moving forward.

Connecting the Work As I look at everything we have going on right now, one thing that continues to stand out is how much of our work involves connecting organizations and resources across our region. We are seeing this with the RCHI planning grant, Pathways to Care, EMS, the homeless outreach work, and even some of the newer opportunities we are exploring. I think this is an important role for STHCS. We don't need to create or run every program. Sometimes our role is simply recognizing a need, getting the right people around the table, and figuring out how we can use what is already available before creating something new. This is also why I think the Rural Health Transformation work fits so well with a lot of what we are already doing. Access to care, transitions of care, EMS, behavioral health, social needs, and better coordination between organizations are not new issues for us. We have been working in these areas for a long time. As these opportunities continue to develop, I want to make sure we are looking at where STHCS can make the biggest difference, where we can help connect the pieces, and where it makes sense for us to take a larger role. I think there is a lot of opportunity ahead of us, but I also want to make sure we are thoughtful about what we take on and that it fits with who we are and what our communities need. Lower-Level Renovation Work continues on the lower-level renovation, and the space is really starting to take shape. The project includes the large training/meeting room, breakout rooms, and several additional office spaces. We are continuing to work through the elevator portion of the project and the related work needed to make the lower level fully accessible. Once completed, the lower level will give us much-needed additional office, meeting, and training space. It will also give us more flexibility to hold larger trainings and meetings at STHCS while still having breakout space available when needed.