For OT month, I am celebrating occupations!
Occupational therapy improves patient access to the occupations and their ability to participate in occupations.
What does OT mean by occupations? Any skill a patient needs for the job of living is an occupation!
Adaptive Sports – Buttoning – Cleaning – Driving – Food Prep – Eating – Gardening – Handyman Skills Ice Skating – Jigsaw Puzzles – Knitting –Lovemaking – Managing Meds – Nature Access – Online Shopping Personal Hygiene – Quilting – Reading – Sleeping- Transfers – Uno & Cards – Visiting Friends – Writing- Xiangqi & Games – Yoga – Zippers
OT goals begin with the occupations important to the patient and result in those occupations being more manageable. The occupational therapy happens in between:
- Patient-centered assessments of impairments and functional limitations
- Clinical knowledge of disease and disability
- OT Intervention, adaptations and modifications
- Patient and caregiver education
OT provides a patient-centered path to strengthen skills for the job of living.
The volume and variety of occupations is what makes OT such a fun, creative and dynamic healthcare profession. So celebrate OT month by focusing on the outcomes – the skills needed to live life to the fullest – achieved with the help of occupational therapy.
