Get Real with Community-Based Activities
Becoming active again after an illness or injury can be easier with REAL Therapy™ (Realistic Environment Applied Learning).Whether it’s relearning laundry skills, dining out or even walking over various terrains, our inpatient
REAL Therapy gym provides cognitive and physical
therapies in real-life settings. Patients work on skills in
a safe therapy environment, while gaining confidence to
get back to real world experiences.
The Real Thing: Multidisciplinary Therapy Activities
Grocery store
- Adhere to a budget
- Carry a shopping basket
- Create and follow a grocery list
- Keep freezer door open while selecting items and placing in cart
- Load and unload cart
- Pick up heavy objects
- Push a shopping cart
- Reach for high and low objects
Restaurant
- Matching bill with order and calculating tips
- Reading and selecting items from a menu
- Transfers into and out of bench seating and patio seating
- Verbal communication–ordering and conversational speech
- Walking on different surfaces
TRAN-SIT car transfer simulator
- Adjust seat position manually
- Height adjustable from sedan to SUV and truck levels
- Improve reaction speed from gas to brake
- Operate seatbelt
- Operate steering wheel and pedals
Comparison study available with age-specific norms
Contact Us
To learn more about our REAL Therapy program or to make a referral, contact us.