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DARIAN Fagan

Company: VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region
Title: Occupational Therapist
Age: 31

 

Career Highlights: Being a new member of the VNAHSR team and having the opportunity to collaborate with a therapist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on a mutual patient's care.
 

Community Involvement:  Rutland Young Professionals and Stay to Stay.

What motivated you to live and work in Vermont?  A strong sense of community, belonging, and opportunity

Favorite part of your job?  Finding new ways to help people improve their independence, well-being, and ability to do the little things they value highly.

Most inspiring mentor and why:  The therapists who mentored me when I first joined the VNAHSR team, Melissa Falk, OTR/L and Jamie Rosploch, OTR/L. They continue to inspire and support me everyday.

What is the best career advice you have received?  To never be content when it comes to knowledge; always keep learning and growing

Tell us something fun about yourself that few people know:  I secretly like to do accents and impressions.

What three words best describe you:  Enthusiastic. Energetic. Authentic.

Favorite downtime activity:  Training in mixed martial arts at Vermont Martial Arts Academy.

Where do you see yourself professionally in the next 5-10 years?  Finding more creative ways to help older adults safely age in place, and expanding a knowledge base in adaptive equipment product development

What career goal(s) would you like to accomplish in the next 5-10 years?  I would like to expand my therapy certifications including ergonomics, geriatrics, and environmental modification; and to get involved in preventative home safety programs.

 

 

 

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