Denver
What does Denver carry around?
a bat
What may prevent a homeless individual from engaging in occupations?
Mental illness, lack of motivation, substance abuse, etc.
What are performance patterns?
Habits, Routines, Roles, Rituals
True or False?
There are four subgroups of homelessness.
False:
There are three: Transitionally, Episodically, Chronically
If they do it enough, it could develop into an automatic behavior.
Why does Denver hate white people?
He was roped and dragged by the KKK
Four key functions of occupation:
1. provision of physical needs
2. maintenance of health
3. development of skills, social support and knowledge to manage environment successfully
4. enablement of the individual to ensure personal and societal growth
What is a stereotype of the roles of a homeless individual?
Many people expect their behaviors to oriented towards drugs and alcohol
What are some factors of homelessness?
Poverty, Lack of affordable housing, Job loss, Lack of health care, Domestic violence, Mental illness, or Substance abuse
How would having personal hygiene items, or lack there of, impact the roles of the individual?
Having a self care routine would give their life more order
Ex.) Get up and knowing to brush their teeth.
What did Denver do to get arrested?
Tried to rob a bus driver at gun point
what are the four themes mentioned in the article?
Keeping busy, street-life environment, loss and revelation/sharing of self
What are rituals? What are some examples?
“Symbolic actions with spiritual, cultural, or social meaning”
Ex. Praying, meditating
How many individuals experience homelessness on a given night in the U.S.?
500,000 people
How would living in an outdoor shelter compared to a homeless shelter impact your routines?
More structured routines for people living in a homeless shelter compared to living outdoors
Why did Denver have to use the clothes closet?
He was going to an art gallery with Ron
What was the aim of the study and how did they collect their data?
Aim: explore the meaning and experiences fo the everyday occupations of adult men who are homeless and living in inner-city shelters.
Data Collection: Used unstructured interviews to facilitate the telling of the participant's story
Name at least three examples that homeless individuals may exhibit.
pick-pocketing, stealing from a store, picking up something that someone dropped
True or False:
50% of homeless individuals are disabled and unable to work
False:
48%
Out of all the stations, which one would apply to rituals?
Vision Boards
-Gluing words to the paper that may have spiritual, cultural or social meaning to them
Why did Denver go to work on the plantation?
Because Big Mama died in a house fire
What could occupational therapists implement into programs for homeless individuals at shelters?
Help identify occupations and roles that are meaningful to that individual.
How does homelessness impact each of the four aspects of performance patterns?
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What percentage of homeless individuals are children?
6%
How could filling out a resumé impact a homeless individual's roles?
Filling out a resume could potentially lead to job opportunities. This would lead to a change in the behaviors that a person would have; this would change the stereotypes directed towards them. People might assume they have a more productive role in society compared to not having a job