Linda Struckmeyer
Associate Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Linda Struckmeyer has over 30 years of OT clinical practice across the lifespan and 11 years of expertise as an educator and researcher.
Biography
Linda Struckmeyer has research experience as an interventionist on a study with Veterans with dementia in their homes and as a principal investigator on examining the validity and reliability of a home environmental assessment for persons with dementia and their caregivers.
Areas of Expertise (3)
Mentoring Doctoral Capstone Students
Aging in Place
Home Modifications for Persons with Dementia
Articles (3)
Teaching Occupational Adaptation Using Constructs of the Model
The Open Journal of Occupational TherapyLinda R. Struckmeyer, et. al
2024-10-15
Quality, evidence-based health care practice and research is guided by theory; therefore, theory should be one of the first courses in health care professional curriculums. Signature andragogical methods of case-based learning, small and large group discussion, active learning, and self-reflection developed the teaching and learning activities to teach the occupational adaptation (OA) model in this study.
Predictors of clinical experience performance in occupational therapy and physiotherapy: A scoping review
Australian Occupational Therapy JournaHeidi M. Horwitz, et. al
2023-02-21
Successful completion of clinical education experiences is a graduation requirement for students in occupational therapy and physical therapy programmes. A scoping review was conducted to determine what is known about possible clinical experience performance predictors and to find associated research gaps.
Visual Cues for Persons with Dementia: Opinions of Dementia Caregivers & Occupational Therapists
Journal of Alzheimers & Neurodegenerative DiseasesLinda R. Struckmeyer, et. al
2022-01-13
There are gaps in the literature on the use of visual cues by persons with dementia, especially in regards to which type of visual cues dementia caregivers find to be the most useful for activities of daily living (ADLs) and how occupational therapists view the use of visual cues in the homes of their clients with dementia.
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