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The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast delivers tips, training, and interviews for therapists who are changing lives at home.
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- Sep 29, 2026
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S1E29: Office Hours | When Is a Home Safety Visit a Skilled, Medically Necessary OT Service? (opens the original)
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Summary In this Office Hours episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L, walks through a practical case example to clarify when a home safety or home-modification visit may be a skilled, medically necessary occupational therapy service—and when it is better described as a preventive accessibility or aging-in-place consultation. Learn how to distinguish service pathways, center the client’s occupational goals, document skilled reasoning, and communicate clearly about funding and billing. Questions answered i
S1E28: Blog to Audio | Smart Granny Pods: How Tech-Enabled ADUs and Home Mods Support Well-Being (opens the original)
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Summary This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Smart Granny Pods: How Tech-Enabled ADUs Are Creating New Clinical and Business Opportunities for Home Mod OTs.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L explores how thoughtfully designed, technology-supported home modifications—including ADUs and “granny pods”—impact not only falls and physical access, but also mood, anxiety, confidence, and caregiver stress. In this episode, we cover: Why the home environment is a powerful mental health factor: how steep st
S1E27: Blog to Audio | The Connection Between Diabetes and Fall Risk: What OTs and PTs Need to Know for Home Safety (opens the original)
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Summary This episode is an audio version of our blog, “The Connection Between Diabetes and Fall Risk.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L unpacks what the research says about why older adults with diabetes fall more often and more repeatedly, then walks through practical, home-based strategies OTs and PTs can use to address neuropathy, vision changes, medication effects, and environment together. In this episode, we cover: The big-picture data on diabetes and falls, including how common diabetes is in older
S1E26: Therapist Thursday | Kristy on Building a Mobile OT Practice and Home Safety Service in Southern California (opens the original)
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Summary In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Kristy, an occupational therapist with over 20 years of experience and a mobile Medicare Part B outpatient practice in Southern California, about weaving home modifications and safety assessments into her business. Kristy shares how years in SNFs and home health, plus advanced training, broadened her understanding of equipment and funding so she can be a stronger resource to older adults and their families who want to s
S1E25: Office Hours | Beyond the Checklist—What Skilled Home Modification OTs Notice First (opens the original)
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Summary In this Office Hours episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L, discusses how skilled home-modification occupational therapists look beyond environmental checklists to understand the client’s routines, priorities, task performance, and participation at home. She shares practical approaches for observing meaningful activity, prioritizing recommendations, addressing client resistance, choosing between equipment and structural changes, and documenting occupation-centered clinical reasoning. Questions
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