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OT home program that actually happens — dose, cues, and habit design
Survivor module: make OT home exercises stick using anchors, cues, tiny habits, repetition tracking, and caregiver-friendly prompting.
Recovery & RehabCaregiver, SurvivorIntro14 minPlain (6–8)
Educational only
Educational only — follow therapist safety instructions and stop if unsafe.
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Stop and seek urgent help if you have chest pain, trouble breathing, fainting, or new stroke-like symptoms. For falls or severe pain: seek urgent evaluation.
Key takeaways
- Turn OT homework into a daily habit
- Use cues + tiny doses to increase repetition
- Track safely without overdoing it
Why home programs fail (it’s not willpower)
- Too long
- Unclear ‘when’
- No cues
- Too hard on bad days
Design the ‘minimum dose’
- 2–5 minutes
- One exercise + one task
- Stop rule
Cues + anchors
- After breakfast
- After brushing teeth
- Before TV
Tracking that helps
- Checkmarks
- Streaks
- ‘Good enough’ days
Caregiver prompting
- Offer choices
- Avoid nagging
- Celebrate wins
When to pause/escalate
- New pain
- Dizziness
- Big fatigue crash
Practice check
What you’ll practice
These questions are untimed. After you answer all of them, you’ll see your score and a clear next lesson or reference step.
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