Items provided to a patient to aid in their ability to perform activities of daily living.
What is adaptive equipment?
The leading diagnosis most commonly treated by occupational therapists.
The leading diagnosis most commonly treated by occupational therapists.
The most common setting for OT to work.
What is the hospital setting?
Inflammation of the joints causing pain, swelling, and deformities.
What is arthritis?
An insult to the brain caused by an open or closed injury
What is a traumatic brain injury?
This professional has training to assist the Occupational Therapist with carrying out the treatment plan.
What is an OTA (Occupational Therapy Assistant)?
This occurs and can cause fractures and other injuries. OT work to prevent this in many patient populations.
What is a fall?
A lesion of the spinal cord that limits the lower body.
What is paraplegia?
This person does not have a formal education in occupational therapy but will assist with set up for the treatment and carry out other administrative duties
What is a technician?
Changes to a patient’s job environment to promote a better ergonomic design.
What are Work Modifications?
This stroke in this hemisphere of the brain can cause problems with left side weakness, impulsive behavior, visual field deficits, and poor insight/judgment.
What is a right CVA (Cerebral Vascular Accident)?
Valuable experience for students, usually required with application to OT school, the more the better, should be in a variety of settings
What are observation hours?
OT can assist an individual that has suffered an amputation to learn the use of their artificial limb.
What is prosthetic training?
A neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by some or all of these symptoms: tremors, postural instability, difficulty with coordination, and flat facial expressions.
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
The most wonderful career.
What is Occupational Therapy?