A year in the making!

I can not believe the day has arrived that we can call ourselves "2nd years".  It does have a nice ring to it though.  But on to business.  I must admit, this first week was a bit overwhelming.   We are challenged now more than ever to "think like an OTA".  Now is the 'application' portion of our education, which personally I believe is a challenge for me, but I am just going to hit the ground running and do my best. 

 I am looking forward to getting more insight about how older adults feel in regards to aging in place, SNF's, and CCRC's so I will have more compassionate and more patience If my career leads me in that direction.  I am glad we had the opportunity to complete the aging quiz in class.  I was surprised to find out more about aging in particularly that older adults do not find it any more difficult to adapt to change than someone my age would.  I also thought it was interesting that physical handicaps were not the primary factors limiting the activites of older adults, rather ageism or stereotyping.    Obviously, I have a lot to learn about the geriatric population and I look forward to doing so this semester.