Occupation therapy and rehablitation

PRESENTED BYDR LAL RAVI SAHUPG SCHOLAR

DEPT. OF PANCHAKARMASDMCAH HASSAN

Contents • Occupational therapy• Areas of occupation

• The term "Occupational therapy" can often be confusing. It carries the misconception that the profession’s focus is on vocational counselling and job training.

• The word occupation as defined in Webster’s Dictionary is "an activity in which one engages."

• Occupational therapists promote skill development and independence in all daily activities.

• For an adult, this may mean looking at the areas of self-care, home-making, leisure, and work.

• The "occupations" of childhood may include playing in the park with friends, washing hands, going to the bathroom, cutting with scissors, drawing, etc.

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy• Occupational therapy (OT) is the use of assessment and

treatment to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with a physical, mental, or cognitive disorder.

• Occupational therapy is a client-centered practice that places emphasis on the progress towards the client's goals

• Occupational therapy interventions focus on adapting the environment, modifying the task, teaching the skill, and educating the client/family in order to increase participation in and performance of daily activities, particularly those that are meaningful to the client.

• Occupational therapists often work closely with professionals in physical therapy, speech therapy, nursing, social work, and the community.

Areas of occupation• The American Occupational Therapy Association's practice

framework identifies the following areas of occupation Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Bathing, showering Toileting and toilet hygiene Dressing Feeding Functional mobility/transfers Personal device care Personal hygiene and grooming

• Care of others Care of pets Child rearing Communication management Driving and community mobility Financial management Health management and

maintenance

Home establishment and managements

Meal preparation and clean-up Medication management Religious and spiritual activities

and expression Safety and emergency

maintenance Shopping

Rest and sleep

Rest Sleep preparation Sleep participation

Work Employment interests and pursuits Employment seeking and acquisition Job performance Retirement preparation and adjustment Volunteer exploration Volunteer participation

Occupational therapy with Children and Youth may take a variety of forms

• Promoting a wellness program in schools to prevent childhood obesity• Facilitating hand writing development in school-aged children• Promoting functional skills for children with developmental

disabilities• Providing individualized treatment for sensory processing difficulties• Addressing psychosocial needs of a child and teaching effective coping

strategies

health and wellness can include a focus on the following

Prevention of disease and injury

Prevention of secondary conditions

Promotion of the well-being of those with chronic illnesses

Reduction of health care disparities

Enhancement of factors that impact quality of life

Promotion of healthy living practices, social participation, and occupational justice

Occupational therapists help individuals with mental illness acquire the skills to care for themselves or others including the following schedule maintenance

routine building

coping skills

medication management

Employment

Education

leisure pursuits

community access and participation

social skills development

leisure pursuits

money management

childcare

teaching and maintaining self care and hygiene skills

• Work and industryOccupational therapists may also work with clients who have had an injury and are trying to get back to work. Testing may be completed to simulate work tasks in order to determine best matches for work, accommodations needed at work, or the level of disability. Work conditioning and hardening are approaches used to restore performance skills needed on the job that may have changed due to an illness or injury.

•Rehabilitation

• Rehabilitation-address the needs of rehabilitation, disability, and participation.

• Occupational therapists provide treatment for adults with disabilities in a variety of settings including hospitals (acute rehabilitation, in-patient rehabilitation, and out-patient rehabilitation), home health, skilled nursing facilities, and day rehabilitation programs.

Occupational therapy with adult rehabilitation, disability, and participation may take a variety of forms:

Working with adults with autism at day rehabilitation programs to promote successful relationships and involvement in the community

Increasing the quality of life for a cancer survivor or individual with cancer by engaging them in occupations that are meaningful, providing therapy for lymphedema management, implementing anxiety and stress reduction methods, and fatigue management

Training individuals with hand amputations how to put on and take off a myoelectrically controlled limb as well as training for functional use of the limb

Using and implementing new technology such as speech to text software and Nintendo Wii video games

Communicating via telehealth methods as a service delivery model for clients who live in rural areas

Providing services for those in the armed forces such as cognitive treatment for traumatic brain injury, training and education towards the use of prosthetic devices for amputations, and treatment for psychological distress as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder

• Rehabilitation describes specialized healthcare dedicated to improving, maintaining or restoring physical strength, cognition and mobility with maximized results.

• Typically, rehabilitation helps people gain greater independence after illness, injury or surgery. Rehabilitation can also be explained as the process of helping an individual achieve the highest level of function, independence, and quality of life possible.

• Rehabilitation does not reverse or undo the damage caused by disease or trauma, but rather helps restore the individual to optimal health, functioning, and well-being.

Types • Drug rehabilitation, medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for

dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs

• Physical medicine and rehabilitation• Physical therapy or physical rehabilitation• Psychiatric rehabilitation, a branch of psychiatry dealing with

restoration of mental health and life skills after mental illness• Rehabilitation (neuropsychology), therapy aimed at improving

neurocognitive function that has been lost or diminished by disease or traumatic injury

• Rehabilitation (penology), the rehabilitation of criminal behavior• Rehabilitation (wildlife), treatment of injured wildlife with the

purpose of preparing return to the wild• Vision rehabilitation• Vocational rehabilitation

Subspecialties(Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R))

• Six formal sub-specializations are recognized by the field in the United States:

• Neuromuscular Medicine• Pain Medicine• Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine• Spinal Cord Injury Medicine• Sports Medicine• Brain Injury Medicine

Also…..• Musculoskeletal pain management• Intervention physiatry• Surgical rehabilitation• Rheumatological rehabilitation• Obesity and other lifestyle disease modifications• Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation• Amputee care• Electrodiagnostic medicine• Cancer rehabilitation

Conclusion • Occupational therapy is beneficial for the people of all ages,from all

the walks of life. The occupational therapy is beneficial for those people who strive to participate as active members of society but are limited by physical development, conginitive or emotional difficulties.

• Rehabilitation therapy is beneficial for people of all ages who have medical conditions illness or injury that limit their regular ability to move and function.

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