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Lifestyle Redesign
2024
Occupational therapy programs promote ‘Lifestyle Redesign’ ⟩
Scarlett Lovallo, in
Daily Trojan | April 5, 2024
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy works towards promoting healthy lifestyle changes and reevaluating habits such as sleeping, eating and exercising to help students create healthy habits, practice meaningful occupations and manage chronic health conditions.
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Can You Learn to Avoid a Headache? ⟩
Keck Medicine of USC | March 22, 2024
Lauren Green DO, a neurologist from the USC Headache and Neuralgia Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, explains how experts can help patients learn to deal with headaches when they collaborate with occupational therapists from the Lifestyle Redesign® for Headaches program.
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Lifestyle Redesign
2023
Spring cleaning simplified ⟩
Robert Lerose, in
Momentum | Spring 2023
Tips for straightening up and getting organized while keeping your MS in check.
Health and Wellness
Lifestyle Redesign
2021
AOTA’s Everyday Evidence podcast: Best practices for adults with Multiple Sclerosis featuring Dr. Rebecca Cunningham and Dr. Ashley Uyeshiro ⟩
American Occupational Therapy Association | October 6, 2021
Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Uyeshiro discuss their work in the University of Southern California Multiple Sclerosis clinic and their contributions to an AOTA systematic review — "Interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice affecting instrumental activities of daily living (IADLS) for adults with Multiple Sclerosis." They share personal knowledge gained from lived experiences working with clients who have MS, students learning to think like OT practitioners, and with the Lifestyle Redesign approach to treatment.
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Thought Control: Keeping Your Brain Sharp With RRMS ⟩
Sarah Ellis, in
healthcentral.com | February 26, 2021
Asst. Clinical Professor Rebecca Cunningham gives tips for maintaining occupation-based cognitive function with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
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Lifestyle Redesign
2020
10 Ways an OT Can Help With MS Independence ⟩
Lara DeSanto, in
HealthCentral | December 8, 2020
As the name suggests, an occupational therapist (OT) can help make doing your job easier, but they do a heck of a lot more. An OT can play a major role on your healthcare team when you have multiple sclerosis (MS).
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It’s time for a lifestyle redesign ⟩
Giovanni Moujaes, in
Medium.com | August 16, 2020
Former OS minor student Giovanni Moujaes shows how improving our mental health starts with acknowledging there’s work to be done.
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Pandemic
2019
USC Study Shows Occupational Therapy Helps Diabetes Patients Make Lifestyle Changes that Can Prevent Serious Health Complications ⟩
Paul Karon, in
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute | November 8, 2019
The pilot study is the first to be completed under a novel academic-government collaboration between the SC CTSI, the UCLA CTSI, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
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2018
Improving the health of L.A. County’s rural Latinos ⟩
Ana Beatriz Cholo, in
USC Today | September 7, 2018
By teaming with community health workers, the 16-week study ¡Vivir Mi Vida! connects underserved with lifestyle-based occupational therapy.
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Lifestyle Redesign
2008
There Are Ways to Deal With Pressure ⟩
Beth Newcomb, in
USC News | September 15, 2008
Stressful classes, small apartments shared with strangers and abundant dorm food are just some of the factors that can jeopardize the well-being of university students, from freshmen new to college life to graduate students just weeks away from a Ph.D.
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2007
USC occupational therapy experts caution against unhealthful habits ⟩
Meghan Lewit, in
USC News | November 30, 2007
The average full-time worker spends approximately 25 percent of his or her time in the office, much of which is spent being sedentary, said Carlin Daley, an occupational therapist in USC’s division of Career and Protective Services.
Health and Wellness
Lifestyle Redesign
2004
Elder Research Gets $2.2 Million Grant ⟩
USC News | October 15, 2004
The National Institute on Aging has awarded USC occupational therapy researchers a four-year, $2.2 million grant to expand on their successful Well Elderly program.
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Program to delay age-related health deficits receives $2.2 million grant ⟩
Alicia Di Rado, in
USC News | October 8, 2004
The National Institute on Aging has awarded USC occupational therapy researchers a four-year, $2.2 million grant to expand on their successful Well Elderly program.
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2002
Occupational therapy study shows effectiveness of lifestyle redesign for seniors ⟩
Alexis Bergen, in
USC News | September 13, 2002
Lifestyle redesign by an occupational therapist is a cost-effective health care intervention for independent-living senior citizens, according to a USC study published this month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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2001
Lifestyle ‘Redesign’ Keeps the Elderly Healthy ⟩
Reuters, in
The New York Times | February 8, 2001
Helping the elderly make healthy changes in their daily lives may improve their well-being and keep them living independently, new research shows.
Health and Wellness
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2000
OT faculty ink one of 1999’s top health publications ⟩
USC News | June 23, 2000
A recent book by USC Occupational Therapy faculty members has been ranked among the top 250 health publications for 1999, according to Doody Publishing and Review Service.
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