Sherri Woodbridge shed a very positive light on the world of living with Parkinson's. I really enjoyed doing my case study project on her because all of her blog posts gave others dealing with this disease a sense of hope. Sherri does not center her life around her diagnosis, but instead finds ways to cope with her symptoms and continuing living her life as she did before her diagnosis. I did notice that Sherri never mentioned receiving occupational therapy, and I think she could greatly benefit from some OT interventions. Instead of taking countless medications a day to deal with symptoms, an OT could teach her ways to strengthen her hands or even provide her with adaptive equipment to help her type more efficiently. I think that Sherri sets a great example for others coping with this diagnosis. It is important to maintain a positive outlook and not let your diagnosis define you. For more information about her story, visit Sherri's blog at http:// parkinsonsjourney.com/.
For this assignment, I decided to watch a movie called The Fundamentals of Caring. The title of this movie had caught my eye while scrolling through Netflix a few times before, but I had never taken the time to watch it. This movie is about a retired author named Ben who decides to enroll in a class and become a caregiver. He takes on a full time job caring for a boy named Trevor who has muscular dystrophy. Although Ben has no previous experience as a caregiver, it does not take long for him to gain the respect of Trevor. He decides to get Trevor out of the house and away from his dull daily routine to embark on a road trip together. Trevor saw and experienced things that he would never have had the chance to do before Ben came into his life. Ben made sure that Trevor could check things off of his bucket list without solely focusing on the worry of medicines and treatments for a week. My main takeaway from this movie was how Ben did not treat Trevor differently...
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