Life Between Generations

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Owner: Cathie Atwood
15 yrs as an Occupational Therapist
cathie.lifebetweengenerations@gmail.com

When your kids take a bath, you’re right there the whole time. With a parent, you’re usually not in the bathroom at all (and you may both want to keep it that way)….so it helps to know what to notice from the outside.

But noticin

“I’m not employed... I don’t need you to visit.”

That’s what I heard most when I called new patients as an occupational therapist…so I’d start every visit by explaining what OTs actually do: we look at how

Most changes in an aging parent don’t show up as a big moment. They show up as small changes...a hand on the wall, a skipped shower, a favorite pair of slip-ons only. As an OT, these are the things I learned to notice first.

If one of these so

I’ve been sitting on the idea of this account for a long time…probably at least five years if I think about it. That was the time that I officially became part of the Sandwich Generation. My son was born and my parents were in their 70s.