Occupational Therapy
Upon physician referral, occupational and physical therapists assess their client’s ability to function safely and independently in the home environment with recommendations and training provided to maximize their ability to perform their daily activities.
Some of the primary skills performed by Occupational Therapists include:
-Evaluation
-Adaptive Equipment
-Independence Living
-Daily Living Skills
-Perceptual Motor Training
-Fine Motor Coordination
-Neuro-Development Treatment
-Sensory Treatment
-Orthopedics/Splinting
Occupational therapists (OT) assess self-care skills such as dressing, bathing, and eating as well as more complex tasks such as meal preparation and light housekeeping.
After determining functional limitations, home care therapists develop treatment plans to address environmental, musculoskeletal, neurological, cognitive, and/or psychosocial issues that are impacting safety and independence.
Examples of OT interventions include adaptive self-care techniques, strategies to compensate for cognitive (mental functioning dealing with learning and reasoning) impairment, energy conservation, and strengthening.
OT professionals are skilled in providing therapy methods for pain management, lymphedema (swelling) management, home exercise programs, adaptive equipment recommendations and client/caregiver education.
Home care therapists collaborate with a team including clients, caregivers, physicians, registered nurses, home care aides, and social workers to develop a 60-day plan of care. The overall goal is to help clients achieve their highest possible level of health, independence, and comfort in the home and to help prevent the need for hospitalization.
Some of the primary skills performed by Occupational Therapists include:
-Evaluation
-Adaptive Equipment
-Independence Living
-Daily Living Skills
-Perceptual Motor Training
-Fine Motor Coordination
-Neuro-Development Treatment
-Sensory Treatment
-Orthopedics/Splinting
Occupational therapists (OT) assess self-care skills such as dressing, bathing, and eating as well as more complex tasks such as meal preparation and light housekeeping.
After determining functional limitations, home care therapists develop treatment plans to address environmental, musculoskeletal, neurological, cognitive, and/or psychosocial issues that are impacting safety and independence.
Examples of OT interventions include adaptive self-care techniques, strategies to compensate for cognitive (mental functioning dealing with learning and reasoning) impairment, energy conservation, and strengthening.
OT professionals are skilled in providing therapy methods for pain management, lymphedema (swelling) management, home exercise programs, adaptive equipment recommendations and client/caregiver education.
Home care therapists collaborate with a team including clients, caregivers, physicians, registered nurses, home care aides, and social workers to develop a 60-day plan of care. The overall goal is to help clients achieve their highest possible level of health, independence, and comfort in the home and to help prevent the need for hospitalization.