Lauren Lydon Email & Phone Number

Beverly, Ma

Somerville, Ma

• Develop and plan interventions for patients who are long-term residents at skilled nursing facility.• Utilize clinical skills to determine patient’s independence when participating in self-care tasks.• Monitor and assess patient’s vital signs while the patients are engaging in therapeutic activities.

East Boston, Ma

• Conduct evaluations and develop a plan of care for short-term rehabilitation patients to return to his or her least restrictive environment. • Provide contracture management and splint application to increase patient’s well-being.• Assess and develop compensatory strategies and adaptations to increase independence in self-care activities.

Danvers, Ma

• Developed clinical experience while performing evaluations and assessments to determine appropriate plan of care.• Practiced client centered care while supervising COTAs and collaborating with interdisciplinary team to achieve goals. • Initiated and communicated functional maintenance plans with patient’s caregivers to increase carryover of services to optimize quality of life and well-being.• Assessed home environments and educated patients and families on proper home modifications to increase patient’s safety when returning home.• Planned and constructed group sessions to increase patient’s social participation while focusing on individual skills in order to increase level of function.

Bedford Nh

Level II fieldwork intern at a family-centered outpatient pediatrics facility.• Performed evaluations, interventions, and documentation of client’s 2- 21 years old under the supervision of an occupational therapist.• Developed plans and treated clients with many diagnoses including Hemiplegia, Autism, and Selective Mutism to increase the client’s quality of life through participation in activities of daily living as well as his/her social environment. • Communicated with client and families to ensure family-centered care.

Bedford Nh

Level II fieldwork intern at a skilled nursing facility. • Supervised by an occupational therapist to perform evaluations, interventions, and documentation. • Created and implemented interventions for clients who have various diagnoses including Dementia, Parkinson’s, CVA. •Effectively communicated with family and staff members to provide optimal care for the client and families.

Master, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Bachelor'S Degree, Occupational Science, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) UNH Club Tennis UNH Global Ambassador