Supporting Care Partners with Julie Wall

EPISODE TITLE: Supporting Care Partners with Julie Wall

EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of NOGGINS & NEURONS: Brain Injury Recovery Simplified, Doro and Deb talk with Julie Wall, occupational therapist about care partner support. We covered:

• The need for community and support for care partners
• The importance of care partner self-care for everyone’s health and well-being
• How movement helps with emotional processing, strength, and connection
• The importance of listening to our bodies and ways the body tries to get our attention
• Using dance as a self-care technique; it moves and releases stuck energies, thereby creating the space for caregiving energy with generosity and love.
• Research supporting the use of dance as a whole person, evidence-based intervention

We hope you enjoyed this episode of Noggins And Neurons. As always, we want to hear from you! Email us at [e-mail]

 

Show References

 

LaBlast Promo Video Short 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4dm-S8KAXM

 

LaBlast Promo Video Long 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjfRuYvM7yw

 

Caregiving Through a Therapeutic Lens Introductory Webinar: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/sGHToGZaRIg0GmT1Jncjb1cgXVhupfZGD7OFXZDg-vMpszMmKJkz-zl-GMc_oroT.M9lvBhO5ckv5lU_i?startTime=1713647685000 

 

“When the Body Says No: EXPLORING THE STRESS-DISEASE CONNECTION” by Gabor Mate, MD

 

Connect with Julie on FB

• Julie OT Living
• Group for care givers: Caregiving Through A Therapeutic Lens

 

Email Julie: [e-mail]

 

Research Articles:

Vielvoye, M.; Nanninga, C.S.; Achterberg, W.P.; Caljouw, M.A.A. Informal Caregiver Stroke Program in Geriatric Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: A Qualitative Study. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 3085. https://doi.org/10.3390/ jcm12093085

 

Kumar, A., Yadav, A. J., Singh, V. K., Pathak, A., Chaurasia, R., N., Mishra, V., N., & Joshi, D. (2022). Caregiver burden in caregivers of stroke survivors: A hospital-based study. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 25(6); 1092-1098.

 

Bartoli, D., Brugnera, A., Grego, A., Alvaro, R., Vellone, E., & Pucciarelli, G. (2024). Stroke disease-specific quality of life trajectories and their associations with caregivers’ anxiety, depression, and burden in stroke population: a longitudinal, multicentre study. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23, 160-168; https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad054

 

Teixeira-Machado, L., Arida, R. M., de Jesus Mari, J. (2019). Dance for neuroplasticity: A descriptive systematic review. Neuroscience & Behavioral Reviews, 96, 232-240.

 

The Effectiveness of Dance Interventions on Psychological and Cognitive Health Outcomes Compared with Other Forms of Physical Activity: A Systematic Review with Meta‑analysis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11127814/pdf/40279_2023_Article_1990.pdf

 

The Effectiveness of Dance Interventions to Improve Older Adults' Health: A Systematic Literature Review

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26393993/

 

Dance after stroke improves motor recovery in the subacute phase: A randomized controlled trial

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