Occupational therapy helps people learn or regain both physical and cognitive abilities to carry out activities of daily living, such as eating and dressing. These services can be especially valuable to persons recovering from stroke or a serious injury and for those suffering from disorders like multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease. Our therapists work with each patient on a one-on-one basis to help maximize skills and abilities. Often, these services can be the difference that enables patients to live independently at home. Occupational therapy services, made available through Wasatch Peak Physical Therapy, help patients with a new disability (or long-diagnosed disability) gain independence and live healthier, safer lives in their homes and communities.
Who needs outpatient occupational therapy?
Patients who have suffered physical or neurological damage – and are able to get transportation and participate in outpatient treatment – may be candidates for outpatient occupational therapy. Learn more below about some of the specific conditions outpatient occupational therapy can address.
What can occupational therapy treat?
Occupational therapists at Davis Hospital and Medical Center may work with patients to:
- Build upper body strength and range of motion
- Develop skills for re-entering family, work, and school communities
- Increase safety awareness and safety of the home
- Implement household skills (cooking, cleaning, etc.)
- Improve endurance
- Improve hand-eye coordination
- Relearn daily routines: bathing, dressing, etc.
- Restore gross motor skills
- Restore sensation
- Return to work or school
Occupational therapists can also help families, teachers, and employers learn how to interact with and support the patient.
What are the goals of occupational therapy?
While the specific goals of occupational therapy vary from patient to patient, the ultimate goal is the same: Enable the patient to participate in the normal activities of daily life.
Is occupational therapy right for me?
If you or a loved one has suffered a physical or neurological injury (such as a stroke or other brain injury), then you may wish to consider occupational therapy. Occupational therapists in our Layton location can help you or your loved one regain old skills and develop new methods for completing daily tasks. If you’re not sure whether occupational therapy is right for you or your loved one, talk to your primary care provider.
Schedule Your Occupational Therapy in Layton
Do you think you might benefit by working with an occupational therapist? Interested in learning more about our services at Wasatch Peak Physical Therapy? If so, call 801-876-1676. Most insurance plans do include occupational therapy benefits.
Wasatch Peak Physical Therapy is located in the Wasatch Peak Medical Plaza on the campus of Davis Hospital and Medical Center. Visit us on the south side of the hospital’s main entrance on the first floor in Suite 100.
Meet Our Occupational Therapists
Jeremy Knowles
Darcy Crowford
Elizabeth Fanslow GiVogue
Bronda Kaschmitter
MOT, OTR/L, CLT
Jeremy Knowles
Jeremy graduated from the University of Utah in 2012 with a Master’s Degree of Occupational Therapy. Since June 2012 he has worked at the Davis Hospital doing acute care. He also does outpatient care at the Layton Clinic as well as Home Health in Davis County. His areas of specialty include rehabilitation of patients with stroke and TBI. He also is a Lymphedema Certified Therapist and enjoys seeing people reach goals in managing and regaining function to participate in chosen activities. Jeremy has been a member of American Occupational Therapy Association, Utah Occupational Therapy Association and registered Occupational Therapist with NBCOT.
Jeremy lives in Cache Valley with his wife and 5 children. He enjoys spending time with his family outdoors, paddle boarding, kayaking, camping and taking care of the yard.
OTR/L, CLC
Darcy Crowford
Darcy graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s in psychology in 1999. She attended Washington University in St. Louis where she received a master’s in Occupational therapy in 2002. She has experience in neurological rehabilitation, geriatrics, pediatrics, and newborn intensive care (NICU). In 2019, Darcy became a certified lactation counselor to better assist with breast feeding in preterm infants. Darcy has worked at Wasatch Peak Physical Therapy’s Layton Clinic/Davis Hospital and Medical Center since 2015. She is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Darcy resides in Davis County with her family. When she’s not keeping her energetic boys occupied at the park, doing school work, reading with them, building forts or keeping them from turning her furniture into a jungle gym, she enjoys reading, music and spending time with her husband.
OTR/L
Elizabeth Fanslow GiVogue
Beth graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1988 with a BS in Occupational Therapy. Since that time Beth has worked in various areas of O.T. including inpatient rehabilitation, acute care, SNF rehabilitation, work hardening, and outpatient rehabilitation, in Michigan, North Carolina, Idaho, and Utah. Beth began working at Wasatch Peak Physical Therapy in Dec. 2014 where she focuses her skills in acute care treatment at Davis Hospital and Medical Center and in outpatient rehab in the Layton Clinic.
Beth enjoys spending time with her family biking, skiing, paddle boarding, hiking and watching college sports.
OTR/L
Bronda Kaschmitter
Bronda graduated from The Ohio State University’s Occupational Therapy program in 1991. Moving away from home, she took her first job at the Charlotte Institute for Rehab in North Carolina, working with adult neurological and spinal cord patients, and ultimately shifting into their pediatric rehab hospital. In 1995, Bronda joined a traveling therapy company which brought her out west to the mountains, and eventually Ogden, UT, where she met her husband. Since she has lived in Utah, Bronda has worked in several locations, including Manor Care with geriatric rehabilitation, Applegate with home health, and Morgan County school district with special needs students, grades K-12. She has been working with Wasatch Peak Physical Therapy for 20 years as a PRN therapist, and now is part-time. Bronda is certified in NDT techniques (Neuro-Developmental Treatment), and is specialized with CVA patients. Other certifications included Myofascial Release (MFR) for skeletal immobility/pain, and Early Intervention with children.
Bronda and her husband live in Ogden, where they have raised their two children- their son is now in college at Westminster and their daughter is a high school senior. Passionate about the outdoors, Bronda loves spending time with her family skiing the beautiful powder snow in the winter, hiking and mountain biking in the fall, and paddle-boarding in the summer. Whenever she gets the chance, Bronda loves to travel anywhere life has to offer- either for family vacations, backpacking, or mission trips. Being a dog lover, she thoroughly enjoys spending as much time as possible with her two standard poodles/ best friends, Nellie and Theo.