Private in-home occupational therapy for people living with Parkinson's disease and for the families who support them, in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood and across Los Angeles.
Parkinson's disease can affect movement, balance, handwriting, speech volume, energy and sometimes thinking and mood, and it changes over time. Medical treatment is directed by your neurologist. Occupational therapy has a different, complementary job: helping you keep doing the activities that make up your day, and finding smarter ways to do them when something becomes harder.
Karina Fakheri, MS, OTR/L has more than 15 years of experience in neurological rehabilitation from her work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and she now provides private therapy in the home. Seeing the home itself is a real advantage with Parkinson's, because small environmental details — a low sofa, a narrow doorway, a rug edge — can make a big difference.
Karina may also include movement-based and hands-on approaches from her training, such as John F. Barnes myofascial release, when they fit your goals and your physician is comfortable with them.
Because Parkinson's is progressive and varies from person to person and even from hour to hour, a good plan is revisited regularly. Karina starts with what matters most to you, sets practical goals, and adjusts as your needs shift. She can work alongside your neurologist, physical therapist, speech-language pathologist and exercise instructors.
The article How In-Home Occupational Therapy Helps With Parkinson's Disease goes deeper into what a typical program looks like. Families comparing options may also find concierge versus clinic occupational therapy useful.
The first step is a phone consultation, which is complimentary and confidential. Karina asks about your history, your goals and your home, and explains how an in-home plan could work. If you decide to go ahead, the first visit includes an evaluation, and the plan that follows is shaped by what she finds and by your physician's guidance.
Karina travels to clients in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Studio City and nearby neighborhoods.
This page offers general educational information, not medical advice. Please talk with your physician about your own health, and about anything that worries you.
To talk through your situation, call or text (310) 270-7019 or request a complimentary, confidential consultation.
No. Occupational therapy complements medical care. Karina works on daily activities, movement strategies and home safety, and can coordinate with your care team.
At home, Karina can work with your actual bathroom, bed, chairs, stairs and routines, and can include family members, which often makes strategies easier to carry over into daily life.
Yes. With your permission, family members and caregivers can learn practical ways to assist that support your own independence.
Call or text (310) 270-7019 or use the form at karinaot.com. The first phone consultation is complimentary and confidential.
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