Occupational therapy
What is Occupational therapy?
Occupational Therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement. (WFOT 2012)
Source by wfot Accessed on 11 Oct 2022
OT in
Neurorehab
(E.g.: Stroke, Facial paralysis, Spinal Cord Injury, Head Injuries, Muscle Disorders, Nerve Disorders and Injuries, Degenerative Diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease, GBS, Multiple Sclerosis, amongst others)
OT in Orthopaedics and
hand rehabilitation
(e.g.: Post Fracture, Frozen Shoulder, Arthritis, Work-related injuries (carpal tunnel etc.), Hand Injuries, Amputations, Burns)
Psychiatric
rehabilitation
(e.g., Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Dementia, etc.)
Specialised age-related services
OT in Paediatric rehabilitation
(e.g.: Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability, Muscular Dystrophies, Spina Bifida, Club Foot, Autism, ADD/ADHD/Learning Disability, Cleft Lip and Palate, among others
OT in Geriatric rehabilitation
(e.g.: General health and wellness, Specific Diseases such as Arthritis, Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia, etc.)
Domains of practice (Areas)
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
- Self-care
- Mobility: Locomotion, Transfers, Bed Mobility, Driving
- Communication and Social Interaction
Home Management
- Reading/Writing
- Telephone
- Time management
- Money Handling
- Kitchen activities
- Bed making
- Dusting
- Floor care
- Laundry
- Ironing
- Sewing
Work
- Ergonomic Worksite Analysis
- Worksite Health Promotion
- Work Assessments
- Work Hardening
- Work Conditioning
- Vocational Training
Play
- Leisure and Recreation
Domains of practice (Skills)
Gross motor and fine motor control through functional activities (range of movement, muscle strength, endurance, balance and coordination, tone and posture, alignment) Sensory re-education, integration and desensitization.
Perception
- Body awareness
- Spatial relations and position in space
- Praxis
Cognition
- Attention
- Orientation
- Memory
- Problem Solving
Psychosocial (emotional) well-being
Additional roles of an occupational therapist
- Prescribing and fabricating splints and upper limb orthoses
- Prescribing and fabricating low-cost assistive devices and communication boards
- Prescribing assistive technology devices (high tech)
- Assisting in positioning/ seating persons with disability including wheelchair selection process, modified chairs, standing frames.
Conditions
Neurorehab
(e.g.: Stroke, Facial paralysis, Spinal Cord Injury, Head Injuries, Muscle Disorders, Nerve Disorders and Injuries, Degenerative Diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease, GBS, Multiple Sclerosis, amongst others).
Orthopaedics and hand rehabilitation
(e.g.: Post Fracture, Frozen Shoulder, Arthritis, Work-related injuries (carpal tunnel etc.), Hand Injuries, Amputations, Burns).
Psychiatric rehabilitation
(e.g., Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Dementia, etc.).
Cardiac rehabilitation
Cancer rehabilitation
Specialized age-related services
Paediatric rehabilitation
(e.g.: Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability, Muscular Dystrophies, Spina Bifida, Club Foot, Autism, ADD/ADHD/Learning Disability, Cleft Lip and Palate, among others).
Geriatric rehabilitation
(E.g.: General health and wellness, Specific Diseases such as Arthritis, Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia, etc.).
Help them gain their lost mobility! Help them live with Dignity!
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