occupational therapyelderlyquality of lifeactivitiesparticipationcontinuum of carehealthwellbeingoccupational beingsoccupational performanceThe occupational therapy profession intervenes on the basis of humans as occupational beings. Globally, humans are typically identified by what they do. What they do are the...
Geriatric occupational therapy is usually focused on the most basic Activities of Daily Living. As people age, they may lose their ability to do everyday tasks that many of us take for granted. Chewing and swallowing, bathing, toileting, getting in and out of bed, and controlling our bladder...
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Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy Revue Canadienne DergotherapieHelm M. Occupational therapy with the elderly. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1987.Marjorie Helm.Occupational therapy with the elderly.. 1987Marjorie Helm. Occupational therapy with the elderly[ M ]. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone,...
Category:Occupational Therapy| Comments: none 10May2019 Mygeriatricfieldwork…somanyhighlights Some excerpts from my OT mental health fieldwork (inpatient geriatric psych ward) journal, a decade ago: I did a group called “Transformation” and it had to do with drawing past and present and future...
Category:Occupational Therapy| Comments: none 10May2019 Mymanyhighlights Some excerpts from my OT mental health fieldwork (inpatient geriatric psych ward) journal, a decade ago: I did a group called “Transformation” and it had to do with drawing past and present and future, and discussing thi...
The increase in older adults with dementia presents challenges in promoting research to improve the quality of life of this population. The objective of this study was to assess the scientific evidence on the effectiveness of occupational therapy interve
The authors appreciate the generosity of all the occupational therapists who participated in this study, as well as of the Official Colleges of Occupational Therapy that offered to collaborate in it. The authors thank Jesús López Lucas for his support in developing the study. Conflicts of ...
“We felt that age and general impression of the patient wasn’t adequate for predicting outcomes, so we created a simplified frailty index to stratify risk of mortality and morbidity in surgical patients,” said study coauthor Peter Adams, MD, a resident in general surgery at Henry Ford Hospi...
so group therapy is an efficient modality [91,92,93,94] that can increase the communication between clients and others and further restore their social abilities to participate through group activities. However, Burton and O’Connell’s study did not involve communication with anyone other than the...