Tara Demoret
Blair,NE
Summary
Licensed Occupational Therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist with experience providing skilled rehabilitation services across skilled nursing, long-term care, mobile outpatient, and independent-living settings. Experienced in evaluating functional performance; developing individualized treatment plans; and addressing ADLs, transfers, mobility, fall prevention, adaptive equipment, wheelchair needs, home safety, edema management, and caregiver education. Known for compassionate, patient-centered care, strong clinical judgment, and collaborative communication with interdisciplinary teams, patients, and families.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
OTR/L, CLT
Diversified Mobile PT
Omaha, NE
08.2025 - Current
- Provide skilled occupational therapy services for adults in mobile outpatient, independent-living, and home-based settings.
- Evaluate functional performance and develop individualized treatment plans to improve independence with ADLs, IADLs, transfers, mobility, safety, strength, endurance, and daily routines.
- Complete home-safety assessments and recommend adaptive equipment, durable medical equipment, environmental modifications, and fall-prevention strategies.
- Treat clients with orthopedic, neurologic, cardiopulmonary, edema/lymphedema, balance, and functional-decline diagnoses.
- Perform wheelchair, seating, and positioning assessments in collaboration with mobility equipment vendors.
- Provide lymphedema management, including edema assessment, skin-integrity monitoring, compression education, caregiver training, and self-management strategies.
- Educate patients, families, and caregivers on safe transfers, energy conservation, joint protection, therapeutic exercise, and condition-specific home programs.
- Collaborate with PTs, physicians, nursing staff, case managers, equipment vendors, and families to support safe, patient-centered care.
- Maintain timely, compliant documentation including evaluations, progress notes, treatment plans, and discharge summaries.
OTR/L CLT
Brookestone Village
Omaha, NE
09.2022 - Current
- Provided skilled occupational therapy services to residents in a skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term care setting.
- Evaluated residents’ functional abilities and developed individualized plans of care to improve independence with ADLs, transfers, mobility, toileting, dressing, bathing, and self-care routines.
- Treated adults with orthopedic, neurologic, cardiopulmonary, cognitive, and medically complex conditions, including individuals recovering from falls, fractures, joint replacements, illness, and hospitalization.
- Facilitated safe functional mobility and transfer training using walkers, wheelchairs, grab bars, adaptive equipment, and appropriate body-mechanics strategies.
- Completed home and discharge-safety recommendations, including durable medical equipment needs, caregiver training, fall-prevention education, and environmental modification recommendations.
- Collaborated closely with PT, speech therapy, nursing, physicians, social services, residents, and families to support interdisciplinary rehabilitation goals and safe transitions of care.
- Provided education on energy conservation, joint protection, adaptive techniques, therapeutic exercise, and strategies to maximize participation in meaningful daily activities.
- Provided Lymphedema management, including edema assessment, skin integrity monitoring, compression education, caregiver training, and self-management strategies.
CNA
Nye Legacy
Fremont, NE
2015 - 08.2018
- Provided compassionate care to residents, ensuring comfort and safety.
- Assisted with daily living activities, promoting independence among patients.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of patient rooms and common areas.
Education
Master of Science - Occupational Therapy
Nebraska Methodist College
Omaha, NE04-2021
Master of Arts - Exercise Science
Midland University
Fremont, NE05-2017
Skills
- Occupational Therapy Evaluation
- ADL/IADL training
- DME recommendations, AE training
- W/C, seating and positioning assessments
- Lymphedema management
- Compression therapy
- Edema management
- Caregiver training/education
- Mobile outpatient therapy
- SNF rehabilitation
- Clinical documentation
- Discharge planning
Certification
- Certified Lymphedema Occupational Therapist
- Certified in physical agent modalities
Timeline
OTR/L, CLT
Diversified Mobile PT
08.2025 - Current
OTR/L CLT
Brookestone Village
09.2022 - Current
CNA
Nye Legacy
2015 - 08.2018
Master of Science - Occupational Therapy
Nebraska Methodist College
Master of Arts - Exercise Science
Midland University