Physical Disability/Illness Settings
Clients in this setting tend to have a need for medical or surgical diagnosis or intervention and are admitted from the ER.
What is acute medical/surgical care unit?
People in need of emergency housing often fulfill the requirement for admission into these settings.
What are homeless shelters/domestic violence shelters?
When the typical setting is at home, the practice setting is...
What is Early Intervention?
These settings provide social and medical programming to increase the quality of life and health status of participants.
What are adult day services?
Programs that serve people with acquired disability who require rehabilitation to get back to their jobs that their disability would otherwise prevent them from doing.
What are return-to-work programs?
Someone who requires 24-hour care for either a short or extended period of time and who does not have as high of a tolerance to therapy would most likely be in this setting.
What is a skilled nursing facility?
Residential facilities designed to create support, structure, and stability is typically offered in this setting.
What is a group home?
Children who have needs that may not be met at school, often get those addressed in this setting.
What is private practice?
Older adults who can no longer live independently but do not require medical services of a nursing home are admitted to a residential care that provides supportive care and enhances autonomy and choice known as...
What is Assisted Living?
The primary role of OT service for this setting involves matching prospective workers to potential worksites and helping them adapt to those worksites, the environment, and other employees.
What is supported employment?
This type of rehabilitation has social participation as one possible role of occupational therapy service.
What is Outpatient Rehabilitation?
Prisons, jails, and psychiatric hospitals are examples of this typical mental/behavioral health setting.
What is a forensic setting?
In early intervention and in preschool, roles of OT service tend to have overlap. Some OT services that are the same for both these settings include...
What are sensorimotor development, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and social-emotional development?
Assisted living living provides [blank] to foster social engagement and particiaption.
What is activity programming?
Of the work/employment practice settings, supported employment is the only setting whose typical setting is not a freestanding facility or business. Rather, they tend to be these.
What are existing community work settings?
Occupational Therapists who do things such as home visits and work on things such as time and stress management, therapeutic activities, and administer reminiscence therapy are known to be OTs in these settings.
What is hospice or palliative care?
A typical service for supported housing might include assistance with management in these areas.
What are money management and home management?
In a school setting, all eligibility and service decisions are made by a student's this.
What is an individual educational program (IEP)?
A role of OT service in adult day services provides educational services to these people regarding ADL, IADL, safety, fall prevention, and so forth.
Who are staff and family members?
Receiving pay based on the amount of work completed is a typical service for these settings.
What are sheltered workshops and prevocational training?
Eating, grooming, and bathing are known as examples of this type of care that can occur in long-term care settings.
What is custodial care?
The role of occupational therapy service in a community mental health center could be to implement strategies to support participants' behavior and ability to cope with challenges in these types of environments and adapt tasks for participant success.
What are social environments?
During transition out of the school system, focus broadens to include [blank] living and [blank] participation.
What is independent living and community participation?
The role of OT service for assisted living could include evaluation and intervention to increase independence in ADLs and IADLs, to prevent falls, and to enhance participation in social activities by means of...
What are direct services to the client?
Social firms, affirmative businesses, and creative economies would be the best setting for people with disabilities who...
What is desire employment in a community setting and want to work alongside other people with disabilities in a supportive setting?