Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-16
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 4-SSS9

Jerry" feels that the Is patients she
in week and the rs miles day county are
not enough She wants more!
Jerry her potential caseoad at IS patients week
and she hoping that private county
oaon begging for her services for their TB patients
Jerry they a short time or
long range program she will be happy work with them
free too Her salary is paid by the association
What occupaonal theapy lady therapst
do? To find with her last week on two of her
regular visits
The two represent two different types of
program that Jerry offers The first functional improve
physical ability to the limit of the capacity permits
second teaches activities that fall within the limit imposed by
disease.
All patients by Jerry the close supervision
doctors Each new step taken onv with the doctor ov
and he alone responsible for planning program
that Jerry and her patient follow
Ted her only functional patient the present 3year-old
man who suffered stroke His right side is
parayzed and his left hand has speech
ability to spell and write impaired
Along with Teds DOCTOR Jerry cooperation with
speech teacher and physical theapst who paid
pied Childrens Easter Seal fund
Jerrs job teach the abilities which the
speech teacher and the physical heapst working improve
Since February she and Ted have working
hand the important hand Ted unfortunately rghthanded
fore his illness.
Teds leatheroking and baskeveavng
required too much fine coordination for Ted
tried them while in the hospital and working his
come discouraged because he wasn't able any project
Ted exgovrnment worker who had never held toni
in his life launched woodworking Jerrys
guidance Woodworking which requires gross movements and
variety of s was picked by his doctor the thereby
Now six months later bookcases one
hanging Shelf one end table waste basket This first effort
display the TB and Heart Associations office all
made by his left alone.
The day visited his Jerry on another end
table hoping to keep him busy while
ton He also has project involving copper spng that he
has to finish But Ted such ambitious will
probably be waiting the doorstep Jerry returns.
Jerry also explained prescribed baseeav
hospital willing give another try as Jerry
explained that is necessary start training his right
helping"
Along with the wood work. Jerry struggle with spell
ing and writing Ted showed copybook examples dating
back to March to illustrate the improvement
their struggle Believe great compliment but it was
true when told him that he writes than
Another recent project that Ted is hard pracng
onehanded tpng and usually beyond
his assignment when Jerry arrives
Since lack of ambition handicap Jerry feels
that he will be ready for this and
she is obviously proud of her pupils progress.
Our second visit with 13year girl has heart
condition caused by rheumatic fever patients
Jerrs aim for veda to teach
doing
wallet and key already expert ebroderer
and crocheter and also enjoys making
While Jerry is vacation veda going
other wool stole like the during
stay at Christ Child If the doctor decides ready
for regular school in the Jerry with the home
teacher to keep veda occupied.
The main objective in this kind herapy divesona
work TO keep the patient quiet The quiet
valescents like Veda.
One OF the reasons that Jerry has been slow acquiring patients
in her six months in the county that occupaona
therapst has been vacant for the last half
doctors aren't that they
able and trained person available.
When asked Why occupationa therapy? said
main interests social work. handafts
just naturally adds up O o. T.
native of Wilmington, at Antioch College
Yellow Springs Ohio Philadelphia
onal Theapy Before moving Silver Spring
her husband attorney had years
jerry worked in the clinic therapy
pitaI
Nowadays she divides her between Montgomery
" B and Heart Association and United Cerebral Palsy in the Dis
r but mentioned earlier she very give
her time to her Montgomery County patients
Her present 10 patients widely scattered the and
age groups they from 13yeaod Veda
Her schedule planned that she Tuesdays
WheatonVers Mill Wednesdays Chevy
Thursdays.
On Mondays and Fridays she has handcra classes
tally or physically handicapped people in the District The big diff
ference here that this purely
doctors supervision.
She constantly stresses this aspect occupaona herapy
defines remedial activity that prescribed
technical definition that medical necessity
ss patients achieve safe purpose capacity