Rehab

Shopping gives patients a new lease on life

Rehab Regs, April 13, 2007

An occupational rehabilitation facility in Honesdale, PA, has taken shopping to a new level, reported pocononews.net. It's patients are receiving therapy in a real-life setting and one they are accustomed to-Kmart shopping.

 

The therapy is promoting ambulatory safety by helping the patients learn how to navigate crowds, curbs, and bumpy surfaces. Taking the patients out of the facility is teaching them how to apply the therapy they learned to real life, reported pocononews.net.

 

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