Areas of Occupation
Basic self-care tasks, such as bathing, dressing, and eating.
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)?
They encompass a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional processes necessary for health and well-being.
What are body functions?
Moving and interacting with objects and the environment.
What are motor skills?
Automatic behaviors performed repeatedly.
What are habits?
Natural and built surroundings where occupations occur.
What is physical environment?
Complex activities relate to independent living such as managing finances and preparing meals.
What are Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)?
Anatomical parts of the body such as organs, limbs, and their components.
What are body structures?
Carrying out actions and steps in a task.
What are process skills?
Established sequences of activities that provide structure to daily life.
What are routines?
Relationships and expectations of persons, groups, and populations.
What is the social environment?
"Down time" and "shut eye" activities that supports healthy engagement in other occupations.
What is rest and sleep?
The principles, standards, or qualities considered worthwhile by the client.
What are values?
Engaging with others in various settings.
What are social interactions skills?
Sets of behaviors expected by society and shaped by culture.
What are roles?
Customs, beliefs, activity patterns, and expectations accepted by the society in which the client is a member.
What is the cultural context?
Encompasses activities related to formal and informal learning.
What is education?
Cognitive content held as true by the client.
What are beliefs?
Planning, organizing, and prioritizing tasks.
What are cognitive skills?
Symbolic actions with spiritual, cultural, or social meaning.
What are rituals?
Demographic features such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, and education level.
What is the personal context?
Includes activities that support employment or volunteerism.
What is work?
Client's sense of connection to something greater and may involve faith, religion, or meaning-making.
What is spirituality?
Receiving and interpreting sensory information.
What are sensory-perceptual skills?
A concept that refers to a state of fulfilling personal roles and responsibilities while maintaining health and well-being.
What is life-balance?
Interactions that occur through digital communication and technology.
What is virtual context?