Equipoise Occupational Therapy offers Occupational Therapy services within your home, including skilled dementia care and integrative and holistic treatment for care partners.
Equipoise is the balancing of different components or interests in an effort to achieve equilibrium. At EOT, we understand that caring for an individual or family member with physical, cognitive, or psychological changes requires caregivers to balance different components of both their life and their loved one, for a successful care partnership. Specifically, caring for an individual with mild memory impairments or types of dementia presents unique challenges that can feel overwhelming and confusing at times.
Through individualized treatment sessions, Equipoise OT helps both care partners and individuals living with memory impairments address their unique care needs, while also helping to improve the care partnership through problem solving present challenges and building caregiver skills. While balancing the day to day care and emotional needs of both the individual living with dementia and the equally important needs of the caregiver, skills-based treatment and stress management strategies are taught. This helps to move the care partnership towards greater balance, or Equipoise within the home.
Enhancing Time Together
EOT offers individualized Occupational Therapy and problem solving for addressing challenging and unique behaviors associated with dementia. Owner and board-certified Occupational Therapist Tamasin Kekic offers an integrative and holistic therapeutic approach to manage, reduce, and improve unwanted behaviors and help reduce caregiver stress and feelings of overwhelm.
Professional, Skilled Therapy in Your Own Home
A Medicare Part B participating provider, Equipoise OT offers occupational services personalized to our clients’ needs. Based in Southern Vermont, Tamasin connects with clients through both in-person home visits and virtually through telehealth sessions.
New Patients
We are currently welcoming new patients to Equipoise OT, if you have additional questions about services or eligibility we would be happy to chat with you more.
Skills2Care
Equipoise Occupational Therapy offers consultative services using the Skills2Care Program designed for caregivers of people with dementia. Through customized and individualized sessions delivered within the home to the caregiver, specific challenge areas are identified and addressed to support a more harmonious care partnership.
Yoga and Meditation
Caregivers are at high risk for stress-related conditions such as high blood pressure, anxiety and depression. Specific mind-body practices can help to reduce stress and anxiety through slow and steady movement, coordinated breathwork, and restorative movement. As a trained Hatha Yoga and Tai Chi teacher, Tamasin can help guide and teach caregivers adaptive strategies to incorporate mindfulness, meditation, and yoga practices that feel accessible in daily routines, and contribute to a greater sense of wellbeing and peace.
“With Tamasin’s expert guidance, together we identified problems and came up with useful strategies to improve my mother’s care and quality of life, as well as reduce my own stress as a caregiver. She has a good understanding of dementia, is a supportive listener, and is a creative problem solver.”
