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Riverside staff mark Occupational Therapy Month; detail dysphagia diet standard and family outreach
Summary
Riverside occupational therapy staff briefed the Strafford County Commission on occupational therapy services, use of MOCA cognitive screening and adoption of IDDSI diet categories to reduce aspiration risk and guide family education.
Commissioners heard a brief presentation recognizing April as Occupational Therapy Month and outlining occupational therapy services at Riverside, including cognitive screening and food-texture standards intended to reduce choking and aspiration risk.
"Occupational therapy goes back, into like World War I ... it was determined at that time that using occupation was a way for soldiers to kind of improve their health, mental health and physical health," Christine, an occupational therapist at Riverside, told the commission. Christine said Riverside employs two full‑time occupational therapists who evaluate residents' self‑care tasks such as bathing and dressing and perform…
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