Eye on Rehab Summer 2013 Newsletter

JR’s Work Ability Evaluation

As therapists, we often have clients who are not achieving return to work or physical rehabilitation goals and we are left searching for answers as to why?  As insurance providers, the consequences of a customer not meeting conventional and expected rehabilitation objectives can be significant and therefore decisions of how to best allocate funds become paramount.

Is there a cost effective way to gain insight into the issues that are preventing these clients from becoming success stories?

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In this Issue:

• JR’s Work Ability Evaluation
• JR OT Court Appearance as Expert Witness
• Adopt a Family Fundraiser 2013
• New Faces at JR Rehab
• News for JR Rehab Staff

We’re Hiring OT’s and RA’s!

JR REHAB SERVICES INC.

Since 1996, JR Rehab has provided rehabilitation services to individuals with brain injuries, soft tissue & orthopedic injuries, chronic pain and mental health issues. We create and implement therapy programs for clients in their home, community centre gym or pool, work place and neighborhood facilities.  We currently seek an OT to work with our supportive and dynamic team.

Position:  Contract Occupational Therapist

Locations:  Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Langley, Surrey

Roles and responsibilities for these positions include:

• Case Management; Community Rehabilitation; Hospital Discharge Planning; Home Assessments; Job Site Evaluations; Cognitive Rehab Therapy

Our OT’s are supported by a team of Rehabilitation Assistants and Kinesiologists.

If you have a minimum of 3 years experience, seek self-employment with flexible hours and want to be part of an energetic and growing company, please forward your resume to:

Ricardo Nuno, Director and Occupational Therapist

Ph: 604.254.0444, Fax 604.254.0447

Email: ricardo.nuno@jrrehab.ca

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• Implementing the rehabilitation program as directed by the Occupational Therapist
• Instructing patients in self care and activities of daily living
• Assisting in making, modifying, and adapting self-help devices and equipment.
• Wheelchair mobility training

For further information on JR Rehab and the services we offer, please visit our website at www.jrrehab.ca.

JR Rehab Now Cogmed Certified

JR Rehab now has OT’s that are Cogmed Qualified Coaches to administer the Cogmed Working Memory Training. This Program  can be done either in the convenience of the client’s home or at the JR Rehab facility.

Cogmed WorkingMemoryTraining is a solution for individuals who are held back by their working memory capacity.  It is an evidence-based program to help children, adolescents, and adults sustainably improve attention by training their working memory.

For more information visit our Services page here or visit the Cogmed website at www.cogmed.com.

Hello’s and Goodbye’s

After 5.5 years, JR Rehab’s Office Manager, Sheryl Thompson, will be saying goodbye to the JR Rehab family and hello to a new adventure. This September, she is going on to pursue her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with the intention of working as a Vocational Consultant at the completion of her degree.

On behalf at everyone at JR Rehab, we would like to thank Sheryl for being a wonderful support, an integral part of the growth of the company, and keeping us all in check!

Our team would like to extend a warm welcome to the new JR Rehab Office Manager, June Mah. We are excited to bring on June, with her varied background in Accounting and Administration.  Surely a great addition to our office!

JR Rehabilitation Services Graduate Award in Occupational Therapy

JR Rehab congratulates future Occupational Therapist Jill Wong as recipient of the JR Rehabilitation Services Graduate Award in Occupational Therapy for the Winter 2011 session.  This $2500 bursary is awarded on a yearly basis to a student completing graduate studies in the University of British Columbia Master of Occupational Therapy program.  Congratulations Jill and all the best in your future career!

Attention and Information Processing Workshop, May 2012

By JR Rehab Services, June 4, 2012

Attendees enjoy Kit Malia's presentation

JR Rehab Director and OT Ricardo Nuno demonstrates the Urban Poling technique to OT Amit Kumar

On May 14th and 15th, 2012, 67 rehabilitation professionals attended the Attention and Information Processing Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop, presented by JR Rehab Services Inc.  Speakers Kit Malia and Anne Brannagan with Brain Tree Training were insightful and entertaining, proving yet again why their workshops are popular around the world.  Highlights of the workshop included an Urban Poling presentation by Leah Munday with OTfit Consulting, which gave attendees a opportunity to learn and apply the Urban Poling walking technique and win a set of poles, and a presentation from Mark Johnson with BrightStar Care on their new online communication and scheduling tool, CareTogether.  Giovanna Boniface, Managing Director of CAOT, was also present with information on CAOT-BC’s services for OT’s.

Kit and Anne anticipate returning to Canada in 2015.

Brain Tree Training:  www.braintreetraining.co.uk

BrightStar Care: www.brightstarcare.com

Urban Poling: www.urbanpoling.com

CAOT-BC: www.caot.ca