Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations).
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists also work with people across the lifespan to rehabilitate musculoskeletal and neurological conditions and specialize in assisting them in performing activities of daily living independently.
What is the Goal?
Occupational therapy's main goal is to help patients engage in activities of daily living. Occupational therapists help people and communities engage in the professions they want to, need to, or are expected to undertake by enhancing their capacity to do so, or by changing the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement.
What Is It?
The therapist works closely with patients to educate, maximize independence, maintain health and obtain adaptive equipment necessary to help with everyday skills. The treatment focuses on developing and restoring independence with daily living, including activities such as bathing, dressing, homemaking, writing, driving and work skills.
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