Occupational Therapy Case Study

A known prerequisite that has been observed in order for collaboration to occur is the recognition of the importance of other professionals for patient care as argued by (Curran, Kabene and Orchards, 2005; Cohen, Henneman and Lee, 1995). Upon further realisation an Occupational Therapy Assistant states that there is no single field that can successfully meet all of a patient’s needs and which then requires that there be collaborative efforts. Another recognition that the Occupational Therapy Assistant expressed was the importance of expertise that the patients bring to the health care process. It became an underlying theme at the participating sites that recognising the vital importance of acknowledging and respecting the expertise of all professionals

A.K. receives weekly home-based occupational therapy services due to delays in gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and self-help skills. A.K’s affected areas of occupation are her activities of daily living (ADL) and play. She requires assistance, from her parents, with ADLs, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and functional mobility. In the area of occupation for dressing, A. K. needs assistance with doffing clothes, shoes, and socks. In order to establish/maintain independence with self-feeding, A.K. utilizes some adaptations. As a result, of A.K. having spastic diplegia, play skills are also affected. A.K. has difficulties with maintaining a stable position and has a decreased ability to move around her environment to attain toys to

Susan Coleman, who is currently employed with Robert Health Center. Susan is a Rehab Coordinator and is in charge of supervising the rehab department at Robert Health Center. Susan is OTR/L an attained her license to become an Occupational Therapist in 1993.

I appreciated the repeated statements that the students are and should act like a family throughout the program and even after it. That creates a helpful and friendly atmosphere that will allow fellow students and me to be comfortable and succeed with our studies as future occupational therapy assistants. This aspect will install an excellent disposition to the practice later in our careers. Students and practitioners alike need to act like a family in order to better help the client. A family simply enjoys and wants to provide support to each other just as it is needed in the field. A person does not need to feel less of themselves if they require assistance. So if they therapy department acts like a family unit, it creates an outstanding

Myra is a 30-year-old woman with cerebral palsy who works in an office. She has recently changed jobs and requested an occupational therapy evaluation to set up her work environment successfully.

A.K. receives weekly home-based occupational therapy because of her delays in gross motor, fine motor, and self-help skills. Activities of daily living (ADL) and play are the areas of occupations that affected. Independency in ADLs is not a factor for A.K. given that she is only 2 years of age. She relies heavenly on her parents for most. ADLs that are affect include bathing, dressing, feeding, and functional mobility. A. K. needs assistance with dressing skills such as undressing and removing shoes and socks. To independently feed herself, A.K. uses adaptations. As a result, of A.K. having spastic diplegia her play skills are affected. The play skills that are affect include, moving around her environment to attain toys to play with. She also

To plan for discharge the occupational therapist has to consider the length of stay the person will

I completely agree with you that Occupational Therapists (OT) can use therapeutic interventions and behavioral modifications to help with health promotion and disease prevention. One of the main goals of occupational therapy is to help clients engage and participate in occupations that are meaningful to them. OTs can help clients achieve this goal by focusing interventions on health promotion and disease prevention to help clients maintain a healthy lifestyle. While researching more information on how OTs can help with health promotion and disease prevention, I found this article, http://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1867125, by Scaffa, Van Slyke, and Brownson (2008). This article explains how occupational therapy services can influence

Within completing my Master’s degree in Sports and Health Science, and a concentration in Exercise Science and human development, the goal for me is to take the board certification exam for Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy is a form of therapy for those recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life. Thus, I almost think of it as the bridge that allows a person to move from being injured back into their daily life. More so, while physical therapy works with strengthening the muscles, tendons, and ligaments of an injury, Occupational Therapy tends to work with how you would twist differently, turn differently, move differently, etc.

Occupational therapy can implement leisure across many settings, including inpatient rehabilitation, acute, outpatient, skilled nursing facilities, and community settings. Leisure can be used as coping strategies in various settings, such as in the community, allowing for growth after injury (Kleiber, Reel, & Hutchinson, 2008). Art, in the form of listening to music or audiobooks and reading, can be implemented in acute care to assist in patients’ emotional adjustments after injury or illness. Depending on patients’ length of stays, art engagements varied from reading to art classes to creative writing groups (Moss & O’Neill, 2014). A home-based program carried out by occupational and recreational therapists promoted patient leisure participation

Now that Jolie’s family moved, she is eligible for services in Allegheny County in Pennsylvania. Because Jolie is 2 years old, she will continue to have an ISFP and receive infant and toddler services through Pennsylvania. If Jolie is eligible for the same services, she will receive speech and occupational therapy from an infant and toddler agency. One example of an agency in Allegheny County that Jolie’s family can consider is the DART program through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

OUTCOME: Jaceen is making progress toward this outcome, as he been working with Occupational Therapy every Wednesday to improve his fine motor skills. Jaceen noted he able to use his cell phone to text and look at face books. He is now able to hold his cell and send text without assist from staff. He is now work with hold a spoon. He noted he not wasting his food as much as he use.

Lack of progress in the area of leisure is directly related to the activity and goals that were identified. Patient’s family needs to put more time in order for the intervention plan to work. Patient can benefit from family activities outside the facility. Supporting the patient to engage in leisurely pursuit is

What is the importance of the idea of psychosocial to OT? Learning about psychosocial disorders is important in occupational therapy because many people face these kinds of problems every day. Even if a person comes into therapy for a physical issue, if there is a mental illness it should be looked at. For example, depression could affect a patient's will to become better after a physical disability such as a stroke. Occupational therapy practitioners should be aware and knowledgeable of mental health even if they did not work entirely with it.

The occupational therapist was called in to assess the home and sitting room and had drawn up a health care Home plan which was agreed on which would facilitate turning the siting room into a temporarily bedroom. A list of aid was providing the necessary daily badly needs such as a commode was used for unitary and bowled movements. A screen was also set up for privacy and to maintain her dignity and maintain self-esteem and remain positive that this was only for the interim. This is what we told her and in turn this did not happen until a month before her went into hospital and the to nurseling home where she was