Theories and Models
This theory explains the process of adaptation where older adults optimize abilities to compensate for declines in other areas.
What is the Selective Optimization with Compensation theory?
his OT intervention for clients with diabetes includes education on regularly inspecting the skin to prevent complications.
What are skin checks?
This intervention focuses on teaching energy conservation techniques to help clients with chronic conditions like COPD manage fatigue.
Energy Conservation
Older adults with dementia in the middle stages often experience significant impairment in these activities.
ADLs
This assistive device is commonly used to help clients with limited hand strength open jars and bottles independently.
A jar opener
This model of change includes stages such as contemplation and action, used to guide individuals through behavioral changes.
What is the Transtheoretical Model of Change?
This complication of diabetes, related to vision loss, can be minimized through regular eye exams and diabetes management.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
In clients with dementia, this technique helps reduce agitation by acknowledging their reality rather than correcting their perception.
Validation Training
This type of memory, which involves the ability to perform well-learned skills without conscious thought, often remains intact with age.
Procedural Memory
This modification is recommended for clients with low vision to increase visibility in their home environment.
What is the use of contrasting colors for objects and backgrounds?
An evaluative term that conveys satisfaction with circumstances and health, as well as well being is:
Quality of Life
For a patient with diabetes, this is one of the most important lifestyle modifications to manage the condition.
What is maintaining a healthy diet?
This is the most common assistive device used for safe transfers in clients post-THA during toilet transfers.
What is a raised toilet seat?
When communicating with a client with hearing loss, this is the best strategy to ensure clear communication.
What is speaking in a position that optimizes communication?
This type of adaptive technology allows clients with mobility impairments to control their home environment, such as lights and doors, through voice commands or switches.
What is environmental control technology (e.g., smart home devices)?
This theory highlights the importance of environmental factors and joint protection to manage conditions like osteoarthritis.
What is the Biomechanical model?
In clients with Type 2 diabetes, this aspect of education is critical for preventing long-term complications, but it does not involve medication dosing.
What is education on secondary issues (such as retinopathy or neuropathy)?
This OT intervention for clients with low vision emphasizes modifying the environment to enhance safety and functional independence.
What is environmental modification?
This serious consequence of sensory decline across all sensory systems is a common concern for older adults.
What is difficulty perceiving warning signals of danger?
For clients with difficulty reaching or bending, this simple tool can assist them in dressing by helping to pull on socks.
Sock Aid
This framework emphasizes the integration of a client’s culture and values into the intervention process for client-centered care.
What is the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model?
This complication of long-term uncontrolled diabetes involves nerve damage that leads to loss of sensation, often starting in the feet and hands.
What is diabetic neuropathy?
This intervention approach for clients with rheumatoid arthritis can be used to reduce inflammation, correct deformities, and improve joint stability during activities of daily living.
Orthotic Splinting
This type of dementia is commonly associated with visual hallucinations and motor symptoms.
What is Lewy Body Dementia
This type of environmental modification helps clients with mobility impairments safely enter and exit their homes by eliminating tripping hazards.
What is the installation of ramps and removal of threshold barriers?