{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast","title":"S1E25: Office Hours | Beyond the Checklist—What Skilled Home Modification OTs Notice First","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1355,"description":"Summary\n\nIn this Office Hours episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L, discusses how skilled home-modification occupational therapists look beyond environmental checklists to understand the client’s routines, priorities, task performance, and participation at home. She shares practical approaches for observing meaningful activity, prioritizing recommendations, addressing client resistance, choosing between equipment and structural changes, and documenting occupation-centered clinical reasoning.\n\nQuestions answered in this episode:\n\nWhere should I begin during a home-modification assessment: the bathroom, entryway, or somewhere else?\nWhat should I observe beyond obvious home hazards?\nHow can I frame recommendations around more than fall prevention?\nWhat should I do when I identify many home concerns at once?\nHow should I respond when a client declines a recommendation?\nHow do I determine whether equipment is enough or an architectural modification is needed?\nHow can I document home-modification recommendations in an occupation-centered way?\nMentioned resources and links:\nCertified Home Accessibility Therapist (CHAT): https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/CHAT\nCourses & Memberships:  https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/courses\nAny handouts, checklists, or blog posts referenced: \nSubmit a question for a future episode:\nUse the question form here: https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/SubmitQuestion\nOr email your question to: sue@thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com\nConnect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:\nWebsite: https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/\nBlog: https://thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.blog/\nJoin the newsletter: https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/Newsletter\nJoin  our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeaccessibilitysafety\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/susan-doyle-38bba3178","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/O7b2v0bIVVQSLB9XFpnyi7hQtbZrHAnizF-YFWT6G1o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZWYz/MTdlZjJjOTAxODEy/NTM1ZGZmYTg3NzNm/YTkwYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}