Private, one-on-one occupational therapy after stroke, delivered in your own home across Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood and greater Los Angeles by a neurological rehabilitation specialist.
After a stroke, the hospital or rehabilitation unit is only the first stage. The harder question is often what happens when you return to your own kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and stairs. Occupational therapy is the part of rehabilitation that focuses on everyday activities — dressing, bathing, preparing a meal, handling mail, getting in and out of a car — and doing them safely and with as much independence as possible.
Karina Fakheri, MS, OTR/L spent more than 15 years at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center working in neurological rehabilitation, and she now brings that background directly to clients' homes. Because therapy happens where life actually takes place, practice is built around your real furniture, your real routines and the people who live with you.
Karina is trained in Neuro-IFRAH and neuro-vision retraining, and in John F. Barnes myofascial release, and she may draw on these approaches when they suit your goals. What your plan includes depends on your evaluation and on guidance from your medical team.
No two strokes look alike, so no two plans should either. Early sessions focus on understanding what you want to be able to do again and what is getting in the way. From there, Karina sets practical goals with you and your family, adjusts them as things change, and coordinates with your physician and other therapists when you ask her to.
For a plain-language overview, read the blog article on stroke recovery at home with occupational therapy. If you are weighing options for private care, this guide to finding a private in-home occupational therapist in Los Angeles explains what to ask.
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 visits clients in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Studio City and greater Los Angeles.
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.
Many people continue occupational therapy at home after leaving the hospital or an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Your physician can advise on timing, and Karina can coordinate with your medical team when you wish.
Daily activities and the skills behind them, such as dressing, bathing, meal preparation, arm and hand use, vision and attention, and the safety of your home. The plan is set after an evaluation.
Karina is trained in neuro-vision retraining and can assess how vision-related difficulties affect daily activity, then include appropriate exercises in your plan.
Call or text (310) 270-7019, or use the consultation form at karinaot.com. The first conversation is a complimentary, confidential phone consultation.
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